A word of advice to Mark Zuckerberg:
“You are not Steve Jobs, and that’s a good
thing.”
They
called it a “personalized learning”.
But
in reality, it was an animal training; a dressage, so to speak.
Parents
know that's not what education is about.
Parents
know that’s not what education is.
Parents
get it.
Mark
Zuckerberg don't.
I
understand that he wants to establish himself as an innovator in education.
But
the problem is he is just not an innovator. Innovating ideas is just not his
strong suite.
The idea of FaceMash was not his (or not
just his). But he wrote the code for that.
The idea of Facebook was not his (or not
just his). But he wrote the code for that.
That
is why he has no intuition about innovative ideas.
He
is a technocrat.
As
such, he likes to talk to other technocrats, he feels himself comfortable with
them, he understands their language, he shares their views.
For
example, all technocrats think of humans essentially as of robots (an example of
a conversation with one of them: http://www.cognisity.how/2017/04/AIforEDU.html).
A technocrat
does not spend much time on thinking what makes a human human, what is the
nature of human nature?
Technocratic
approaches to education are not new. But they have never worked. And never
will. At least, until robots will become almost indistinguishable from people (function-wise).
The
question is how a technocrat can innovate in such essentially human human practice
as education?
As
everyone else, in order to move ahead, Mark Zuckerberg needs to accepts himself
the way he is. He needs to embrace his technocratism. But he needs to find
people who can aid his “no idea” side.
In 5
to 10 years Mark Zuckerberg may begin having his own intuition on innovative
ideas.
To
speed up this process, he may start reading something outside of his box.
I
would recommend to start from:
Seven
Reasons Why Rich Philanthropists Fail at Making Systemic Changes in Education
The Beginning of The End of The Chan-Zuckerberg Initiative
What is the “Socratic Method”?
(more
at www.Cognisity.How)
Mark Zuckerberg
is not Steve Jobs.
And that
is a good thing.
Steve Jobs
was not a technocrat, he was an artist. But as such he would never become the
richest person in the world.
Bill Gates
did.
Jeff Bezos
did.
So, Mark Zuckerberg
is in a good company.
He just
needs to accept it.
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Appendix: added on November 17, 2018
"Students protest Zuckerberg-backed digital learning program and ask him: ‘What gives you this right?"
From https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2018/11/17/students-protest-zuckerberg-backed-digital-learning-program-ask-him-what-gives-you-this-right/?utm_term=.4b0415d5e59c
I would like to ask, too.
A Question. To Facebook, To Facebook Education To Mark Zuckerberg, to Priscilla Chan, to all the old and new tech entrepreneurs jumping on advancing education: why do all of you treat students as robots and teachers as animals (or v.v., or both)?
Is that how YOU were treated, too?
You would love to spend hours in front a monitor so you think everyone else will love it, too? What's your deal? Well, besides getting lucky with having billions. Note, not the real dollar bills, though, just pieces of paper which potentially (!) cost so much. So far.
Try to read this, for starters: "A word of advice to Mark Zuckerberg: “You are not Steve Jobs, and that’s a good thing.” at https://www.cognisity.how/2018/10/mzuck.html.
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