Toys, Tools, and Teachers (TTT) presents the three-way tug-of-war between the elements itemized in the title and the technology arena. The three elements represent three different perspectives, needs, and valuations of technology. Keeping these three differing paradigms in balance is the challenge investigated by the authors. However my question is: Will future technological innovations reduce the playing field from three to just two by eliminating ‘Teachers’ altogether. In other words, will technology eliminate the specialized role of ‘teacher’ by enabling families or even individuals to guide their own education? Two reasons for this question are hinted at by the authors’ own conclusive remarks.
First, technology allows for ‘individualized’ learning (p156). As processing speeds enable human » More: Technology is Progress but towards What?
