5.30.2005
Outsourcing teachers
India set to tutor Silicon Valley
From the article:
Teaching today primarily focuses on end-of-grade tests. We will break down the teaching into modules that cover all of the different sections of end of grade testing, and then create computer-aided-education software and robots to do that teaching. The software will far surpass anything we see in classrooms today. Produced by educational publishers with budgets of millions of dollars, the software will include video, games, remediation, tailored quizes to measure progress, etc.
Students who don't make the grade will be handled by near-minimum-wage or foreign tutors. The traditional "teacher" that we think of today will largely vanish. See also:
From the article:
- After high-tech industry, outsourcing of educational services is now a growing business with Indian teachers tutoring American school children at a far less cost than their US counterparts.
- Although it is hard to say how many students are spending their money on Indian tutors, a firm estimates that Indian tutors are now working with some 20,000 American students. One big reason for the outsourcing is, of course, cost. Growing Stars, a Bay Area-based small company, with a center with 20 tutors in Kochi, is able to offer one-on-one services for 20 an hour, significantly less than the 45 dollars to 80 dollars an hour charged by US tutoring companies like Sylvan and Kaplan.
Teaching today primarily focuses on end-of-grade tests. We will break down the teaching into modules that cover all of the different sections of end of grade testing, and then create computer-aided-education software and robots to do that teaching. The software will far surpass anything we see in classrooms today. Produced by educational publishers with budgets of millions of dollars, the software will include video, games, remediation, tailored quizes to measure progress, etc.
Students who don't make the grade will be handled by near-minimum-wage or foreign tutors. The traditional "teacher" that we think of today will largely vanish. See also:
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That would be wonderful, but seems unlikely. Education appears almost perfectly resistant to meaningful reform.
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: 2:47 PM, May 31, 2005
: 2:47 PM, May 31, 2005
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For example, "If kids learn better sitting in front of the teacher, than you can build an online environment where each kid is in front of the teacher," he said.
For example, "If kids learn better sitting in front of the teacher, than you can build an online environment where each kid is in front of the teacher," he said.
# posted by : 1:54 AM, June 01, 2005
: 1:54 AM, June 01, 2005
Here is a good article on outsourcing teaching. There is nothing bad about it.
The most dominant characteristic of tele-teaching would be an extremely low student-teacher ratio. Something like 4-1.
The most dominant characteristic of tele-teaching would be an extremely low student-teacher ratio. Something like 4-1.
Teachers are doomed. They are far too expensive and are easily replaced as shown here. Robots/software will do a far better job than human teachers.
# posted by : 10:11 PM, June 01, 2005
: 10:11 PM, June 01, 2005
There was an interesting project at CMU where eye tracking was used to find which part of a math problem a student was reading while solving the problem.
After building a cognitive model of the correct ways to solve the problem, software could actually keep a representation of the thoughts of the student (not direct mind reading, obviously, and not necessarily perfect). The software could tell where the student got the right answer through guessing where a one-on-one tutor couldn't.
This blows me away. I look forward to when the majority of technical instruction (phonics, reading, grammar, math, sciences) is done by software. Teachers would then become important for their humanity, like any good mentor, and not for their ability to use a red pen.
The best thing about software is the price. If off-the-shelf programs could be made available cheaply (or freely by philanderers like Gates), no amount of protest from teachers unions could stop progress.
After building a cognitive model of the correct ways to solve the problem, software could actually keep a representation of the thoughts of the student (not direct mind reading, obviously, and not necessarily perfect). The software could tell where the student got the right answer through guessing where a one-on-one tutor couldn't.
This blows me away. I look forward to when the majority of technical instruction (phonics, reading, grammar, math, sciences) is done by software. Teachers would then become important for their humanity, like any good mentor, and not for their ability to use a red pen.
The best thing about software is the price. If off-the-shelf programs could be made available cheaply (or freely by philanderers like Gates), no amount of protest from teachers unions could stop progress.
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