Learning with IT can certainly enable studetns to learn with autonmy. They can choose the topic to learning and choose the most effective and comfortable learning speed to them. Moreover, they can also access to different types of online references while learning.
However, teacher's role should not be marginalized. We are always told that teachers are facilitators who enables learning and students are always the centre of learning. I think teachers also take the role as regulators. In modern classrooms, students are highly autonomized. Teachers should help them to choose by giving clear CILOs and learning objectives. Moreover, school teacher should also indicate the core part of learning. At the mean time, teahcers should also provide different kinds of graded exercise or assistance in order to cater the needs of different learners.
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I can't agree with you more about that teachers' responsibility should not be marginalized we are role model and also the guide for students otherwise the help of the new technology will mean nothing.Students could easily go out of the track of English study.
ReplyDeleteStudents could develop their own learning approaches and styles with the help of teachers and IT. Teachers could introduce useful online resources and software for students as well.
ReplyDeleteyes, i don't think giving a free hand is the appropriate strategy to the average students. i think the education bureau have a wrong concept on this: they only think about the best batch of students.
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