I use to think 21st century education was improving education not by getting rid of teachers or making school all online. I always thought 21st century education was a way of improving on the way teachers taught and how teaching in certain ways would benefit students. I thought that education in the 21st century may include more technology, like online classes but that being said I never thought that it would involve getting rid of teachers all together and using robots in their place.
Now, I think 21st century education is the use of technology in a new way. For instance, in the article jobs are for machines. It states that most jobs are going to be overcome by machines. So in the case of education I believe that in the 21st century teaching jobs are going to be no more. It is going to be robots doing all of the work. By teaching the class, discipling the class as well and making students rely on a robot.
One question I still have about 21st century education is if we implement robots into the job force how will face to face communication be helpful to students. As stated in the article The Jobs of the Future, ” A study predicts that 5 million jobs will be lost before 2020 as artificial intelligence, robotics, nanotechnology and other socio-economic factors replace the need for human workers.” This will also deny the jobs of teachers. So how will education benefit from having teachers that are robots, will it affect the way students learn. Will students even learn or just goof off in the classroom? Many question come to mind when thinking about robots as teacher and actually concerns me because I am studying to be a future educator.
