A teacher needs to know their students to be effective.
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A teacher needs to know their students to be effective. This puts an upper limit on the number of students one teacher can teach at once. Something like 150 students. I need to know their names, and when I see that name a little about who that is.
Further, a student should have at least 4 or 5 teachers who know them. This is a selection of hopefully trustworthy and supportive adults they can turn to.
Most plans to make school less expensive mess with these numbers.
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A teacher needs to know their students to be effective. This puts an upper limit on the number of students one teacher can teach at once. Something like 150 students. I need to know their names, and when I see that name a little about who that is.
Further, a student should have at least 4 or 5 teachers who know them. This is a selection of hopefully trustworthy and supportive adults they can turn to.
Most plans to make school less expensive mess with these numbers.
The people talking about implementing AI in education are saying things that start out sounding sensible until you think.
Most of my students don't need "extra attention" what if the AI could take care of the easy students and I would get the ones who need more nuance?
Well first of all detecting who needs "extra" is subtle. How will you do that?
Second: what if the majority of my students don't need "extra attention"
*because they got real help from supportive teachers previously?*
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The people talking about implementing AI in education are saying things that start out sounding sensible until you think.
Most of my students don't need "extra attention" what if the AI could take care of the easy students and I would get the ones who need more nuance?
Well first of all detecting who needs "extra" is subtle. How will you do that?
Second: what if the majority of my students don't need "extra attention"
*because they got real help from supportive teachers previously?*
In other words they are still trying to reduce "meaningful human contact hours" to make it as objective as possible.
But the "tell" that this isn't a serious proposal? The best schools where the children of the wealthy get their education won't even consider this for a second. We'd stop using paper to save money first, we'd do anything else.
This is only be floated for "other people's kids"
Young people need the time and attention of adults to grow up and learn. Controversial I know.
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In other words they are still trying to reduce "meaningful human contact hours" to make it as objective as possible.
But the "tell" that this isn't a serious proposal? The best schools where the children of the wealthy get their education won't even consider this for a second. We'd stop using paper to save money first, we'd do anything else.
This is only be floated for "other people's kids"
Young people need the time and attention of adults to grow up and learn. Controversial I know.
As a teacher I have discovered that this is non-negotiable. Kids have an instinct for when they are being abandoned. Being a person who matters means that other people care about you and are willing to spend time on you.
I've seen kids who were acting out, totally lost find the thread again because they discovered that someone cared what happened to them. Someone cares what they do.
That alone will make you want to do better.
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I am going to go to bed and think long and hard about what I've done
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@mayintoronto big improvement
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next time I will try to know more about my field, ty!
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the guy who just HAS to reply
"you don't know anything about your field" kinda guy
thanks! I should have known better
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