Even mechanical teaching can produce informed, self-ordering pupils

Evidence

I know who would have been delighted to set up an inspection-school, if it were only for the experiment’s sake, and that is Helvetius: at least, if he had been steady to his principles, which he was said to be: for by that contrivance, and by that alone, he might have been enabled to give an experimental proof of the truth of his position (supposing it to be true) that anybody may be taught anything, one person as well as another. — Jeremy Bentham, The Panopticon Writings, 271 (#expands, via linked claim)

The question that kept circling in my head was inescapable—and maybe a little cliche: What the hell is this technology going to do to our kids? — Joanna Stern, I Am Not a Robot- My Year Using AI to…, 1037 (#expands, via linked claim)

Categorization

  • XREF: connects to: The panopticon could experimentally prove universal educability — Jeremy Bentham, The Panopticon Writings, 271; The integration of AI in education may profoundly alter student experiences. — Joanna Stern, I Am Not a Robot- My Year Using AI to…, 1037

Broader Connections