Education 2015

Knowledge Counsellors Union Takes Over Teachers Union

Students are following courses which are almost entirely computer mediated, the role of the lecturer has changed.

Teacher
I might be a 'guide on the side'rather than the 'sage on the stage'.

Teacher
I don't want to be a manager of a learning environment. I want to teach. I want my students to feel as inspired by my subject as I do.

Lecturer
We lecturers are more flexible than computer based modules. We can respond to student needs and to changes in circumstances. We can adapt our teaching in ways that computers can't.

Student
I need the reassurance of following a course that someone else has designed. I don't want to plan it all for myself. That's too much responsibility.