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Robot
teachers
If
you think of the jobs robots could never do, you would probably put doctors and
teachers at the top of the list. It's easy to imagine robot cleaners and
factory workers, but some jobs need human connection and creativity. But are we
underestimating what robots can do? In some cases, they already perform better
than doctors at diagnosing illness. Also, some patients might feel more
comfortable sharing personal information with a machine than a person. Could
there be a place for robots in education after all?
British
education expert Anthony Seldon thinks so. And he even has a date for the robot
takeover of the classroom: 2027. He predicts robots will do the main job of
transferring information and teachers will be like assistants. Intelligent
robots will read students' faces, movements and maybe even brain signals. Then
they will adapt the information to each student. It's not a popular opinion and
it's unlikely robots will ever have empathy and the ability to really connect
with humans like another human can.
One
thing is certain, though. A robot teacher is better than no teacher at all. In
some parts of the world, there aren't enough teachers and 9–16 per cent of
children under the age of 14 don't go to school. That problem could be partly
solved by robots because they can teach anywhere and won't get stressed, or
tired, or move somewhere for an easier, higher-paid job.
Those
negative aspects of teaching are something everyone agrees on. Teachers all
over the world are leaving because it is a difficult job and they feel
overworked. Perhaps the question is not 'Will robots replace teachers?' but
'How can robots help teachers?' Office workers can use software to do things
like organise and answer emails, arrange meetings and update calendars.
Teachers waste a lot of time doing non-teaching work, including more than 11
hours a week marking homework. If robots could cut the time teachers spend
marking homework and writing reports, teachers would have more time and energy
for the parts of the job humans do best.
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