Google content tend to switch off teachers mind by turning them into content slaves. So what's the difference between a student and a teacher if they can both of them get that content from the same 'easy" source.
Well, I supose teaching involves more than just looking a source. I too will like to learn some basics. Teaching involves a critical view, showing how to look, and above all giving those tools for you to judge and have your own view. It must all upset us if this kind of teaching expands, especially if they will take a post some day.somebody must critisize and judge who must be there. I don't think it is a question on a source. Please fight back this must not happen. I wish I could find more on education and teaching.
Hi Kassim - Teachers do not have to generate every new teaching idea, lesson resource or lesson plan 'from scratch'. It makes sense to research good ideas from elsewhere and look to include them in your teaching repertoire. What they should do (modelling the process for students) is acknowledge the provenance of their sources. I don't have a problem with the notion of teachers as 'magpies' having an eye for good ideas out there on the internet.
What teachers should also do, however, is adapt resources located on a Google Search to their own national, local and school context. I personally find it very difficult to use other people's resources without first seeking to make sense of them for myself and thinking about their 'fit' with the needs of my students.
So - using Dr Google is not 'cheating' but the resources located need to be used thoughtfully, adapted to context and acknowledged for their provenance.
using Google is not 'cheating' but the resources located need to be used thoughtfully, adapted to context and acknowledged for their provenance.
With the dominance of the Internet and the proliferation of electronic resources, it has become inevitable for both teachers and learners to resort to electronic sources. Having said that, electronic sources and websites can be wisely used if both teachers and learners understand the drawn moral and ethical lines of their duties and roles as teachers and learners.
Prof. Kassim Boudjelal Safir: There is an old Arab proverb aptly states:
“The one who lacks something cannot give it to others.”!
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