Any teacher that can be replaced by a machine should be!
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Educators who rely on routine instruction should be replaced by automation to focus on human connection.
- In plain terms
- Teachers who only do routine tasks should be replaced by machines.
- What can you take from it?
- Use technology to automate teaching tasks that don't require human insight.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What parts of teaching are truly human?
- Where should machines take over?
Another view
It risks undervaluing the non-routine aspects of teaching that are hard to automate.
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