Author: Sugata Mitra

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Too many pupils at schools in the U.K. want to have careers as footballers or TV hosts, or models, because that's what they're constantly exposed to as the heroes of our time.

Too many pupils at schools in the U.K. want to have careers as footballers or TV hosts, or models, because that's what they're constantly exposed to as the heroes of our time.

- Sugata Mitra

Education prepares to be one piece of a machine.

Education prepares to be one piece of a machine.

- Sugata Mitra

People are adamant learning is not just looking at a Google page. But it is. Learning is looking at Google pages. What is wrong with that?

People are adamant learning is not just looking at a Google page. But it is. Learning is looking at Google pages. What is wrong with that?

- Sugata Mitra

Students are rewarded for memorization, not imagination or resourcefulness.

Students are rewarded for memorization, not imagination or resourcefulness.

- Sugata Mitra

Profound changes to how children access vast information is yielding new forms of peer-to-peer and individual-guided learning.

Profound changes to how children access vast information is yielding new forms of peer-to-peer and individual-guided learning.

- Sugata Mitra

In nine months, a group of children left alone with a computer - in any language - would reach the same standard as an office secretary in the West.

In nine months, a group of children left alone with a computer - in any language - would reach the same standard as an office secretary in the West.

- Sugata Mitra

I'm encouraging kids to use computers at their own pace to build aspirations.

I'm encouraging kids to use computers at their own pace to build aspirations.

- Sugata Mitra

We need a pedagogy free from fear and focused on the magic of children's innate quest for information and understanding.

We need a pedagogy free from fear and focused on the magic of children's innate quest for information and understanding.

- Sugata Mitra

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