How Do Children Aspire?
Raising and Realising Aspirations Seminar Series presents Professor Sugata Mitra in a discussion of ‘How do Children Aspire?’
Newcastle City Library, 15th Janauary 2010, 9:15am – 1:00pm.
In 1999, Sugata Mitra and his colleagues dug a hole in a wall bordering an urban slum in New Delhi, installed an Internet-connected PC, and left it there (with a hidden camera filming the area). What they saw was kids from the slum playing around with the computer and in the process learning how to use it and how to go online, and then teaching each other.
In the following years they replicated the experiment in other parts of India, urban and rural, with similar results, challenging some of the key assumptions of formal education. The “Hole in the Wall” project demonstrates that, even in the absence of any direct input from a teacher, an environment that stimulates curiosity can cause learning through self-instruction and peer-shared knowledge. Mitra, who’s now a professor of educational technology at Newcastle University (UK), calls it “minimally invasive education”
Professor Mitra’s work inspired the 2005 book ‘Q & A’, which went on to become the Oscar winning film Slumdog Millionaire.
Professor Sugata Mitra has kindly agreed to contribute and share his experience and knowledge at this event.
This event is supported by the Raising and Realising Aspirations Steering Group.
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Charmayne Craiggs
Im a community Leader who would like to attend the event. I am employed thorugh Ashington Community Development trust.
selina
Hi Charmayne, you are very welcome to attend this event. Please click on the above link to book a place.
Chris Foreman
May I record this event to share with our team? Not everyone can come. I would be happy to share the recording with you. If not video can I make an audio recording?
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