Build the Adult

“Train a child according to his way; even when he is old he will not depart from it. .”

Proverbs 22:6

Teachers can be vital personalities who help young people to mature, to understand the world, and to understand themselves. A good education consists of much more than useful facts and marketable skills.
The aim of education is not to give the student technical prowess on the use of electronic devices. That is the realm of training, not education. True education develops a student in whatever branch of learning he chooses, to attain a level of expertise to become a trustworthy user of that discipline, to attain a sense of duty and responsibility.
Each student is unique in his abilities to absorb information, concentrate, understand and apply the learned materials to other situations.
The teacher is an educator, trained to detect students with difficulties. He must be able to motivate the student to desire improvement. This will automatically give the student a sense of purpose and self-worth.
With huge curriculum to cover, how can the teacher be expected to give individual attention to slow students?
[fanfare...] Enter the deployment of electronic tablets in the classroom.
Electronic Tablets are the most exciting tool educators have at their disposal. Each student can follow courses at his own speed. The best teachers in the world can be used to create course content and students everywhere can benefit. Full multimedia presentations, videos, sound and text keep the student interested and keen to learn more. Interactive projects between students help develop interpersonal skills and teamwork concepts. Management tools can be used to monitor progress of projects and the students can keep tabs on the other members of their project. Leadership and project control skills are learnt.
Classrooms have to become self-help teaching laboratories. The teacher is relieved of the tasks of actually teaching, this can be done very effectively using electronic courses. Teachers become guides, showing the next path to take, detecting when students are not motivated. Train teachers to change a student's approach to a subject, either by changing the media, the sequence of tutorials, his motivation or the choice of subjects.
Design the curriculum that the student feels he is advancing towards mastery of the subject. The speed of advancement is dependent on the student. Emphasize mastery of the subject matter. The feeling of having mastered the subject gives the student confidence.
The student is responsible for his own advancement. Use group projects to develop skills in co-operation, leadership and reliability.
The use of technology should be seamless, like using a pen and paper. These powerful tools give each student unlimited access to the knowledge storage of the world.
This model will develop the student to reach his full potential as he reaches maturity.