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UNIT 4
RECENT DEVELOPMENTS AND FUTURE OF IT
READING
1 Read the article and fill in the blanks with the words given below.
A International Educational Leadership
Centre
B make teachers' present work
conditions
C full capacity
D children learning together
E criminality and low education
attainment
F teaching the "anytime/anywhere
culture"
G a lesson to pupils in several schools
H 20 years classes will be delivered
using computer technology
I real life and social relationships
PCS 'REINVENTING' TEACHING
Schools could soon be unrecognizable as computers re-invent the role of
teachers, an education expert says.
Professor Trevor Kerry of the University of Lincolnshire and Humberside
predicts that within (1) _______
In his first lecture as visiting professor at the university's (2) _____ Mr Kerry
said this would mean much of youngsters' experience would be gained second-
hand.
The changes would (3) ______ irrelevant, he said.
He identified some of the trends that would bring these things about: an
emphasis on learning rather than (4) ______ of learning brought about by laptop
computers teachers becoming "learning managers" the growing influence of
support staff on the learning in schools. "We are moving into an age when e-mail
manners will become more important than table manners," he said.
Trevor Kerry: "Challenges for educators" "But much experience that
youngsters of the future may have will be second-hand rather than first, gained
through computer programs rather than through (5) ______"
Distance learning and the use of video-conferencing would mean that
teachers might have very different roles from one another.
These changes are taking place already, with some schools using video links
to allow one teacher to deliver (6) ______.
Some educators argue that school buildings could be dispensed with - as
pupils log on at home and choose a registered teacher for whatever subject they
are interested in.
But research suggests most teachers are nowhere near familiar enough with
the emerging technologies to use them to their (7) ______. The Learning and
Technology Minister, Michael Wills, said in a recent BBC News Online interview
that he thought there was potential for greater flexibility and that an "exciting new
world of learning" was opening up.
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