Old Fashioned Tutoring vs. Modern Technology

Does old fashioned tutoring still fit in today’s world of modern technology? 

Definitions (defined by “the modern word finder” by Paul D. Hugon)

1. Mentor- A moral or intellectual guide and friend.

2. Tutor – One who teaches or guides another individually in preparation for an examination.

Online Education

The question it seems, when it comes to educating our children is, can we subject them like we’ve done with every else to modern technology? Is the computer screen just as effective as the home tutor, will it replace the classroom altogether? With pretty much anything and everything being being just a click away in today’s ultra techno world. We still have to ask ourselves, can we sit our children in front of a computer screen and expect the same degree of education? The question is an important one since our children’s future’s pretty much depend on it.

          Several reasons exist why someone may need to be home schooled and fortunately over the last decade home tutoring has made significant progress. Due in large to the instant availability of information, again thanks to modern technology. As defined above both mentoring and tutoring have a sense of personality involved. Mentor even goes as far as calling the teacher and student friends. So again I have to ask, can we sit our children in front of computer screen.

          When it comes to our kids education, at least preliminary, can we re-format, digitize, download our kids education, or should we? Ask yourself? Would you allow your child to attend middle school online? Does the relationship between student and teacher still matter? Do teachers/tutors teach students things a computer screen can’t?

           Fortunately home tutoring is becoming more popular as an alternative to the traditional classroom setting. It seems to be the perfect go between as it offers he best of both worlds, the benefit of a tutor with full access to all modern technology has to offer. 

 

          

The next question, progressively speaking, would be how will the corporations and companies of the future take an online education?” Will it get the same respect as a traditional university-type education? Will it be considered legitimate in the near future?

           Will the world binding effect of the internet, like most major inventions do, change our perception of education altogether forever? Will technology win out? More importantly are our kids future worth gambling with in such a capacity?



 

                    The Human Touch

           In closing we have to look back at the most important aspect, the human touch. Will it ever be replaced? There’s a reason we all still remember our teachers names. Its because they mattered. Somehow in some way they made an impression that still last. Somewhere along the way of our educational journey we all have a teacher, that special teacher that we all remember. Teachers/Tutors accept a significant responsibility by teaching growing children things they will benefit from the rest of the their lives. The more we grow it seems, the role of our teachers grows, then the older we get the more we appreciate the lessons our teachers taught us. The human touch does matter...in fact many would say essential. Can we really, in less than a generation abandon hundreds of years “traditional teaching” and sit our children in front of a computer screen?