Lecture 4 Why do I Need a Teacher When I have got Google Prof. shom-prasad das

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Why Do I Need a Teacher
When I’ve got Google?
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Author
Ian Gilbert

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“Nothing is more dangerous
than an idea, when you only
have one idea”

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a person has only one idea this
person is at risk of just seeing
things in that one way.
becoming obsessed with that
one idea and not seeing a world
of opportunities that are
available.

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In the class:-
“we try to sort out those who
‘know’ from those who ‘don’t
know’…..

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In the class we expect students:-
“wait to be told what to do and do
it well”
 don’t think yourself.
NO independent thinking.
just sit there and be a good boy
or girl and you will go far.

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In the class:-
we restrict the students creativity,
imagination, problem solving
skills, connecting the problem
with other similar types.

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“we can’t solve the problems by
using the same thinking we used
when we created them”
-Einstein

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In the class:-
we should encourage multiple
solutions to a problem from students
being a mentor, we should analyze/
discuss the merit(s) or demerit (s) of
each of the proposed solution

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For a problem, we can see some
aspects like:
 Complexity
 Optimization
 Return on Investment
 Benefits to the society
 etc.,

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as a mentor, we should help our
students:-
to develop problem solving skills
organizational skills
planning and execution skills
time management skills
prioritizing problems in their life

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Thank you….