EDUCATION

VIRTUAL CLASSROOM VS REAL CLASSROOM Virtual Classroom vs .  Real -Life  Classroom . The  classroom  is the  real , tangible, touchable place to teach and to learn. ... In the  virtual classroom , the teacher is usually able to interact with only one student at a time and it is from behind a computer screen. Reality and the Virtual Classroom The virtual classroom cannot replace the traditional classroom because it is by its very essence or nature not completely 'real.' Teaching on the Internet is teaching in virtual reality, but not in reality. Does that mean that any type of education given or received on the Internet is not real? Absolutely not. The teachers are real. The students are real. The material is real. The atmosphere, however, is not real, and that is why virtual teaching cannot replace classroom teaching. Virtual Classroom vs. Real-Life Classroom The classroom is the real, tangible, touchable place to teach and to learn. It...

EDUCATION IN TIMES                            Education can be thought of as the transmission of the values and accumulated knowledge of a society. In this sense, it is equivalent to what social scientists term  socialization  or enculturation. Children—whether conceived among  New Guinea  tribespeople, the  Renaissance  Florentines, or the middle classes of Manhattan—are born without  culture . Education is designed to guide them in learning a culture, molding their behaviour in the ways of  adulthood , and directing them toward their eventual role in society. In the most primitive  cultures , there is often little formal learning—little of what one would ordinarily call school or classes or  teachers . Instead, the entire  environment  and all activities are frequently viewed as school and classes, and many or all adults act as teachers. As societ...