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Show our Changin',' 'Aorld The Salt Lake Tribune School Computers Wont Replace the Human Touch Tbe Sacramento (Calif) Bee and Edward Cornisb award an 800 XL computer, courtesy of Atari, to Don-el- l Pappier, Sacramento, for ber question: Q. What will schools of the future be like? Will they vanish, with computers providing through home terminals? self-stud- y A Many people think that in the future computers will entirely take over the business of education Neither teachers nor schools will be necessary, the argument goes Students will learn every subject from computer terminals in their homes But that wouldnt work very well Computers can teach many subjects, but they cannot provide the many types of learning experiences offered only by schools and human teachers For example, youngsters need to learn to work together in groups. A computer cannot produce a school play or organize a chess team, and it cannot provide a shoulder for a youngster to cry on. Neither can a computer reach out and engage a students interest For that, a human is needed, a human who will show a student what a computer can do. So teachers will continue to be needed in the future and so will schools. Teachers will provide leadership, gently guiding youngsters in the right direction and counseling them when difficulties occur. Schools will provide a safe environment in which youngsters can engage in many types of learning experiences. But schools and teachers will both change in the years ahead in response to new teaching machines that will revolutionize the educational pro- cess. The two most important technologies in education in the next decade will be video and computer systems Videotapes and videodiscs make it possible to produce d lectures that can teach almost any from mathematics to subject French, science to history. A video course in biology, for example, can employ a master teacher who has the power to capture the interest of viewers. The best available films of plants and animals can illustrate points made by the lecturer. A student who misses a lecture will be able to see it at a later showing. Students who wish to see a lecture two or three times, to be sure they fully understand the material, can check out lecture videotapes from school libraries. One role of computers in education will be that of testing. Computers will question students to make sure they understand what they have seen and heard in a videotaped locture. In addition to asking them questions and telling them whether their answers are right or wrong, the computer can drill students very patiently until they have mastered the material. Once a subject has been presented in video form, the student may be ready for a computer discussion. The computer may ask the student a series of questions and advise him on whether he got the answers right. For a student who fails to comprehend something, the computer will explain the topic again in different words. Most Airlines Flunk Executives Test - Most airlines NEW YORK (UPI) flunk the test of providing satisfactory service to business travelers, say the 564 top executives who recently turned in airline report cards" to Andrew Harpers Hideaway Report. Over 40 percent cited "delayed or canceled flights as the chief reason for issuing failing grades. A close second was unsatisfactory service or attenconduct by ground and dants," the travel newsletter reported. Executive complaints, outnumberalso included such ing praises notations as. noisy stewardesses in all the galley, harmonica playing over the intercom, night pilots, and disappearing skycaps. Of all the airlines, Delta and American received the best marks domestically. Internationally, Singapore and SwissAir scored highest. Schools of the future may have instructional cubicles for each student The cubicle might contain a videotape recorder plus a computer Students would check out videotapes and computer discs for the courses they are studying and work on the materi- al individually Much more would be needed to round out a youngster's education Students studying science, for example, need hands-oexperience with n Students laboratory equipment studying English need to participate in group discussions Human teachers would be available for these sessions Watching a video screen or sitting at a computer keyboard can be lone some and tiresome, especially for active young people So schools of the future will provide a variety of group and physical activities for students The r, !e r f the teacher w ill change Teachers will do less lecturing to groups of students and more counseling of individuals Teachers will need to help students with any problems they may have in learning as well as in their personal development There are good reasons to believe that education will continue to take place in schools rather than in the home In early childhood, youngsters need the experience of being with other children in a supervised environment They also need the encouragement and counseling that a human teacher can give them The new technologies will make education much better than it is to 1500 sq ft to 7,000 sq ft office space available Excellent view of the valley. 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