On Monday 09 Jun 2008 9:22:07 am Bharat Shetty wrote: > Is technology necessary in early education of the children ? Pour your > insights.
Depends if you consider "technology" as the overall fallout of widespread use of science or whether you consider "technology=computers" The idea that children should not be beaten and abused, and idea about how children may have different rates of learning, and knowledge that "stupidity" is not "stupidity" but could be a learning disability or an ocular defect; and knowledge that hours spent in front of monitors may not all be useful, or little hands bashing keyboards may get damaged; or that the use of a GUI may actually help in certain vocations are all offshoots of "technology" - some of which came after computers came into general use. So yes, technology is, overall, a positive thing in early education. But are computers needed in "early education? My guess? No. The human brain is still wired like a primate and needs normal primate stimuli. Grabbing the attention of a developing brain by using TV and computers IMO is an experiment that I would not recommend with children. However, I realise that some people will experiment with kids in this way and I predict that we are not going to be pleased with the results. Just my view. shiv
