Does the Khan Academy know how to teach? - The Washington Post - 5 views
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Gates has called Khan, "the best teacher I've ever seen.
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djplaner on 10 Aug 13An example of some of the large claims being made about Khan Academy that seem to suggest limited understanding of what makes a good teacher?
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anonymous on 18 Aug 13This is an interesting one - how can a teacher be hailed as such, when there is no real interaction (questioning from the student's point of view)? The Khan Academy does have its advantages as a very useful prop to specific lessons and concepts, yet the questions posed by any learner should be equally important if effective learning is to take place.
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Margaret Johnson on 07 Apr 14I agree Doreen, furthermore, the Khan Academy cannot be used as a stand alone to teaching, yet as a tool to extend understanding or to reteach concepts
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Deb Mac on 07 Apr 14It is a useful tool I agree. Students need to have an understand of a variety of ways/strategies/methods to draw upon in order to gain a full understand of the concepts.
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Lisa Rose on 25 Apr 14Interesting to see Bill Gates making a reference to teaching skills. Last I checked he wasn't an expert in education?!
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robbie1282 on 18 Aug 15I don't get why they are making reference to Bill Gates I don't believe he has an understanding of teaching. Although these online library can help with understanding but is it really the way we want education to go online teaching??
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djplaner on 18 Aug 15I belive that the reference to Gates arises from the fact that he's spending a lot of his money attempting to improve schools and universities. That money means that his views on what is good teaching carry significant weight. More so than his qualifications and experience might otherwise warrant.
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What is more, his videos reveal an ignorance of how we know students learn mathematics.
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The Khan Academy videos suffer from the poor PCK of the people developing the videos. The core of the argument here.
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The videos were started to help students who were already learning through the school system and needed more help without having to pay for it. A lot of people are complaining about the videos as alternatives to explicit teaching in the classroom, but aren't they great for what they were originally designed for.
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I don't think the Khan videos are doing any damage...They shouldn't be used as a stand alone, but instead as a supplement for learning, perhaps.
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I think the videos are great as a supplementary activity, it provides a different way to explain something. Good on him for attempting it.
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I like David's comment: videos aren't actually evidence of the Khan academy, just "the poor PCK of the people developing the videos.".
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Pedagogical content knowledge is an important foundation for planning lessons and for decision making during a lesson.
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A critique of some of the Khan Academy videos from a PCK perspective.
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A critique of some of the Khan Academy videos from a PCK perspective.
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A critique of some of the Khan Academy videos from a PCK perspective.