Never Send a Human to Do a Machine's Job Quotes

“Maybe what really matters is technology’s power to enable students to reach a vast and real audience that they could never dream of in the traditional classroom.”
― Yong Zhao, Never Send a Human to Do a Machine's Job: Correcting the Top 5 EdTech Mistakes

“Technology should be used to create a learning space—a breathable space that nurtures possibilities rather than merely fulfilling predictions.”
― Yong Zhao, Never Send a Human to Do a Machine's Job: Correcting the Top 5 EdTech Mistakes

“education is not simply preparation for life; education is life itself.”
― Yong Zhao, Never Send a Human to Do a Machine's Job: Correcting the Top 5 EdTech Mistakes

“It is apparent that the traditional teacher-centered pedagogy needs to be changed. It is also more feasible than ever before to make the change. The change is more than piecemeal tinkering. It is a paradigm shift, a complete rethinking of how teaching and learning are carried out”
― Yong Zhao, Never Send a Human to Do a Machine's Job: Correcting the Top 5 EdTech Mistakes

“A more fitting metaphor of the traditional pedagogy is managing a factory of mechanical workers, where the teacher is the manager and students the workers. The teacher gives instructions and assigns tasks to students each day. The students work as hard as possible to finish the tasks. At the end of the work period, the students are rewarded or punished based on how well they have complied with the instructions and completed the tasks.”
― Yong Zhao, Never Send a Human to Do a Machine's Job: Correcting the Top 5 EdTech Mistakes

“respect of students’ interests, freedom to explore, faith in students’ ability to achieve something meaningful (rather than underestimation of their ability).”
― Yong Zhao, Never Send a Human to Do a Machine's Job: Correcting the Top 5 EdTech Mistakes

“It is precisely the lack of explicit objectives determined by external parties that fascinates children.”
― Yong Zhao, Never Send a Human to Do a Machine's Job: Correcting the Top 5 EdTech Mistakes

“What is the relationship between technology (e.g., TV, computers, the Internet, tablets) and teachers?”
― Yong Zhao, Never Send a Human to Do a Machine's Job: Correcting the Top 5 EdTech Mistakes