The dystopian future! Love your irony Nick. You make a very good point. I'm sure National would advocate for AI if they could. I suppose teachers become used to being a political football. Let's just let them teach and knowing their students well. Our memories of teachers are about the inspiration they gave for lifelong careers, rather than passing a test. Pointed out today on The Nation by Mike Williams, that the results of students today are due to National's policies!
Nice take on National's terrible policy and where it might lead. As far as I can tell it's a bit divorced from reality, but that doesn't matter as it only has to appeal to those segments of society that i) Think young people need to get back the the Three R's (note that's definitely not related to three waters) or ii) Those anxious middle class parents who don't quite trust their kid's teachers and want to have definite evidence that knowledge is being crammed into their children. The reality is that we really have no idea what "knowledge" will truly be useful even in a decade from now, the best we can hope for is our schools create engaged citizens.
Ironically I have often thought we don't need AI for teaching as we have exceptionally good humans, but to some extent if not actual parenting at least individual child advocacy might be good to have an AI presence as it's currently highly variable.
OMG Nick this is amazingly prescient even though you wrote it as irony. The finger teachers hold up in the air should be the signal they give to the shadow minister.
The dystopian future! Love your irony Nick. You make a very good point. I'm sure National would advocate for AI if they could. I suppose teachers become used to being a political football. Let's just let them teach and knowing their students well. Our memories of teachers are about the inspiration they gave for lifelong careers, rather than passing a test. Pointed out today on The Nation by Mike Williams, that the results of students today are due to National's policies!
Brave new world indeed. Exactly possible. A couple of years ago I wrote this https://theconversation.com/test-or-invest-nzs-sliding-international-student-assessment-rankings-are-all-about-choices-154729
Nice take on National's terrible policy and where it might lead. As far as I can tell it's a bit divorced from reality, but that doesn't matter as it only has to appeal to those segments of society that i) Think young people need to get back the the Three R's (note that's definitely not related to three waters) or ii) Those anxious middle class parents who don't quite trust their kid's teachers and want to have definite evidence that knowledge is being crammed into their children. The reality is that we really have no idea what "knowledge" will truly be useful even in a decade from now, the best we can hope for is our schools create engaged citizens.
Ironically I have often thought we don't need AI for teaching as we have exceptionally good humans, but to some extent if not actual parenting at least individual child advocacy might be good to have an AI presence as it's currently highly variable.
'1984' to 2084 ?
This education 'policy' cobbled together by nats is just a distraction. The media promote it to DROWN OUT the voices of the LABOUR GOVERNMENT.
The government is doing so well that those manipulating the public are panicked IMO
an excellant piece Nick
It was pretty clear in 2017 that if the Nats got back in they intended to smash the teacher unions. We’re watching a repeat attempt.
A scary possibility! Thanks Nick.
Loved this, Nick. There but for the grace of the likes of us....
OMG Nick this is amazingly prescient even though you wrote it as irony. The finger teachers hold up in the air should be the signal they give to the shadow minister.
Scary as!