Can technology replace teachers?

Understanding Education in the 21st Century: Assignment Top-sheet

Assessment

You are required to write a 2000-word essay +/- 10% (plus list of references) in response to one of the following questions:

“Summerhill is possibly the happiest school in the world” (A. S. Neill). What form does education take in A. S Neill’s Summerhill School?

Why can’t people agree on the purpose of education?

Can technology replace teachers?

How can schools and teachers help to reduce social inequalities in educational attainment?

Why might it be important that educators, in any setting, teach children and young people about, through and for human rights? And, how might they go about this?

Does education policy seek to control or guide teachers?

Educators ought to base their practice on evidence from peer reviewed research papers rather than on their own fanciful notions. Discuss!