Teachers Vs Computers – A Tough Battle

Posted by teacher on September 14, 2011

It seems to be a very arguable issue whether the computers may replace the teachers and whether the machines may be better than people in teaching. There are two reasons for me why human-teachers are more beneficial for pupils.

To begin with, in school child is learning not only how to read and write, but also how to interact, communicate and respect others. In other words, if live is a social experience, the school is the foundation of it. The contact with teacher lays the basis of relationship with elders and superiors. Without this contact, which is likely to happen using computer-teacher, the child may suffer to some extend.

Beyond the lack of socializing, there is a chance that children will also lack the supervision. Without a careful eye of a teacher pupils are likely to use aids which are not allowed while writing a test, for instance. This, in turn, may cause a decrease in pupil’s knowledge while achieving better results.

Finally, teachers who are really enthusiastic about their jobs perhaps are able to inflame the interest in the subject, whereas computers do not have such opportunity. Inspiring teaching method might influence the future path of a child, or, that is more possible, may help him learn efficiently and faster.

To sum this up, for me humans are far more preferable than machines, for they are capable of giving a social experience, supervision, and absorbing with a subject.