| Show I Scho School l Machines In tomorrows tomorrow's schools machines machines machines ma ma- chines will take over some of the routine information-giving information tasks to free teachers so they will have more time to deal individually individually individually in in- with students Dr T. T H. H Bell said this week DR BELL state superintendent superintend superintend- ent of schools spoke at the annual annual annual an an- nual Granite District teacher institute in Skyline High School Because education is becoming becoming be be- coming comin more and more impersonal impersonal impersonal im im- im- im personal teachers will have to insure that each child is treated as an individual Dr Bell said He listed five characteristics characteristics characteristics char char- of tomorrows schools 1 A CHILD must be the recipient of individualized instruction instruction instruction in in- personally provided by teachers who know him as asa asa asa a person The content of his learning should be based on an individually prescribed 2 training to become teachers will have to go through a longer period of internship working under immediate guidance guidance guidance guid guid- ance of highly capable professionals professionals pro pro- professionals Teaching interns will be utilized more extensively extensive extensive- ly in the schools of the future 3 BECAUSE IT has been discovered that early childhood is a time of great learning potential potential potential po po- po- po schools of the future must provide appropriate learning learning learning learn learn- ing opportunities for three and year four olds 4 We will wm put ever increasing increasing increasing ing reliance upon computers individualized instructional television television tel tel- film loops looP dial access information systems audio audi tapes and programmed learn learn- ing 5 SCHOOLS OF tomorrow will be more closely oriented to business industry commerce commerce commerce com com- merce and labor The world of work will require constant vocational vocational vocational vo vo- vo- vo and technical educational educational educational services Skills will be changing and evolving in such sucha a manner as to require lifelong learning if one is to qualify for lifelong earning The increased use of machines machines machines ma ma- chines will be a boost rather than a threat to teachers Dr Bell said CONTRARY to many views a multi media media man-machine man system in the schools of tomorrow tomorrow tomorrow tomor tomor- row will free teachers to teach while the media are used to convey simple information and present explanations and dem dem- he said Teachers will be able to teach more and talk less in the process Youngsters will learn more by being more actively and personally responsible for fur activities that lead to learn learn- ing IF THE CRITICAL need for individualized instruction is to tobe tobe tobe be met teachers must be free freeto to teach Dr Bell said They must be relieved of many non- non teaching tasks that currently take too much of their time These include paper work test scoring collecting money serving as hallway and lunchroom lunchroom lunchroom lunch lunch- room monitors and playground supervisors he said Much of this work in the schools of tomorrow must be bedone bedone bedone done by teacher aides teaching interns and computers he said |
