COMPUTERS

When we use computers in education, they should not simply be a source of information. They cannot be used creatively and productively if they are just files and files of facts.

If computers are going to be used, they need to improve the way in which we learn. Children these days learn in a very different way than past generations. They can focus on several things at once, so they can work on the computer, while also listening to the teacher.

There is an impulse in the realm of education, called Constructivist Education, a form of learning in which each student develops through different stages and their interest and motivation in their learning changes and transforms through each stage of development. Their thinking improves, their knowledge increases, they become growing, changing beings, capable of taking some responsibility of their education. Education is ultimately about improving and increasing knowledge and awareness of the world. Learning is about being given the skills to comprehend and understand the subject matter. To learn effectively, we also need to critically reflect on our classroom experience, giving ourselves the chance to construct and develop our own thoughts and opinions on what we have learnt. It is unhealthy to just sit back and trust everything that we are told. We need to actively question the world we live in, to make our own thoughts valid.