A to Z Quick Chat 90 | Do you believe in the value of traditional education, or do you think there are better ways to learn and acquire knowledge?

In this episode of The A to Z English Podcast, Jack is joined by his good friends May, Layla, and Hendrick as they discuss the questions:Do you believe in the value of traditional education, or do you think there are better ways to learn and acquire knowledge?00:00:01JackWelcome to the A-Z English podcast, where Jack and Social take you on a journey from learning the basics to mastering the nuances of the English language. Our podcast is designed for non-native speakers who are looking to improve their English skills in a fun and interactive way. Each episode covers a wide range of.00:00:22JackTopics from grammar and vocabulary to slang and culture to help you navigate the English speaking world with ease.00:00:32JackWelcome to the A to Z English podcast. My name is Jack and I'm one of the hosts of this podcast. I am here without my co-host social, however, I am lucky enough to be in the presence of three amazing people may from Malaysia, Hendrick from Indonesia, and Leila.00:00:52JackFrom Saudi Arabia and they're back again for another episode. How are you doing today, guys?00:00:59MayEverything is fine, Jack.00:01:01HendrickYeah, I'm doing good.00:01:03JackDon't worry everybody listeners out there. Leila's Wi-Fi is a little bit wobbly today, but we'll I think it's. I think she's gonna make it. I have a good feeling. It's gonna. We're gonna make it through. So what we're going to do today is a quick chat episode and I'm going to ask.00:01:22JackMy guests are question, question and then we're all going to take turns and share our opinions about these questions. So the first the question, the only question today is.00:01:34JackIs do you believe in the value of traditional education?00:01:41JackOr do you think there are better ways to learn and acquire knowledge?00:01:49JackAnd I could read it one more time for our listeners out there so they can catch it. Do you believe in the value of traditional education or do you think there are better ways to learn and acquire knowledge?00:02:09JackThat's the question, and I'll let whoever wants to go first is free to jump in.00:02:15MayI believe traditional education is still is still necessary or still still value these days.00:02:27MayBecause when when we mention about traditional education, I believe it is something to do with going to school, meeting the teachers and sit sitting in the classroom and learn together with.00:02:44MayOur friends, I mean our, our friends, the classroom.00:02:50MayIn that way way we will learn.00:02:53MayExactly how to communicate with people.00:02:57MayIn real, in actual or maybe so communication skills is?00:03:03MayVery important, although these days will be getting used on the Internet or online platform, but I believe it's still important to be traditional.00:03:18MayAs I mean, sitting in the class learning, talking to the teachers directly, so that would be perfect.00:03:26JackOK, OK. So may you're.00:03:29JackYou're still a traditionalist. Do you still think the uh, the current uh approach? The current tradition is still valuable to students.00:03:37MayYeah, it's still, it is still reasonable because we need to.00:03:44MayActual communication with I mean face to face communication with each other.00:03:50MayWhen it comes to computers, we can. I mean, it's not difficult at all and we just we just press 1 button and then we can hide our face and we can maybe beautifying our our face, beautify our face and.00:04:08MayAnd so but and it it comes to physical communication or with physical contact with people, things are different.00:04:20JackOK. And you're talking about like online offline education?00:04:25JackUM, when you think of traditional, you think of in the classroom, students are facing the teacher. The teacher is at the front of the classroom, but online would be, you know, through some kind of platform like what we're using right here. Zoom to communicate to each other, OK.00:04:45MaySo we're just looking at the.00:04:46MayScreen so I I will be able to see you directly.00:04:50MaySo you you may reject, but maybe you.00:04:55MayYou could be somewhere someone.00:04:56MayElse so same goes today.00:04:56JackI could be someone else. This I could be AI. I could not even be AI. I might be a robot right now. You don't even know. Yeah.00:05:04MayI can replace myself with my twin sister if I have her.00:05:08MaySo anything impossible?00:05:09JackRight.00:05:12JackWell, let me.00:05:12MaySo I I prefer the traditional way.00:05:14JackI might start making sounds.00:05:16LaylaLike pee, poo poo. Pee, poo poo, poo poop.00:05:18JackYou know and do.00:05:19JackYou do you like? Who's that? Is that Jack?00:05:21JackOr is that?00:05:22JackA robot.00:05:23MayEverything you want that's not you.00:05:26JackAlright, nice. Thanks mate. Let's let's go and we'll just go in in order of what's on my screen right here. Ohh Leila's Layla's asking to participate. OK, go ahead, Layla.00:05:40LaylaI think in when it comes for children, teenagers, I think traditional education is.00:05:53LaylaMore important than the other ways of education because they need to be sitting in front of the teacher and to communicate physically with the other students, they also need to improve other skills.00:06:14LaylaLike sports, I mean, which related to sports they.00:06:20LaylaRelated to their bodies, I think it's not only about getting information, so it's very important for kids and teenager.00:06:32LaylaBut when it comes for adults.00:06:36LaylaYeah. Yeah, we can. We can replace.00:06:41LaylaTraditional education in in another style, in another method like teaching.00:06:51LaylaLearning by online using zoom classes or maybe searching about some information on some websites we can we can study something ourselves. In many cases we don't need to be exactly with the teachers.00:07:11LaylaTo get the information. Yeah, there is some benefits I.00:07:16LaylaReject that, but it's it's possible. It could be, and a lot of people just learn from these resources and they really have good information and knowledge about many different. I can say subjects.00:07:35JackMm-hmm. OK. OK, good. Alright. So I think you and may are are thinking very similarly. You guys are on the same page. I think Mr. Hendrick's future teacher or future professor, what do?00:07:50JackYou think about this, Sir?00:07:50HendrickWow, yeah.00:07:53HendrickSo yeah, I believe.00:07:56HendrickTraditional education it is good. But I mean, like right now we live in the 20th century, which is we have to adapt with the technology, right. And talking about traditional education, I think we talked about like the teacher Center, which is the teacher is the only one.00:08:16HendrickTeach their students. But when we talk about, you know, like something change changes right now, I think it should be like student center, which is the student they have to, you know, like.00:08:29HendrickMake research on the Internet or they can, you know, like learn something from the Internet or they can read books and then they can come to.00:08:39HendrickThe they they.00:08:40HendrickThey can come to the class and then they can discuss with their friends or with.00:08:43HendrickThe teacher. So yeah, I think personal education, that's good, but.00:08:48HendrickWe have to, you know.00:08:49HendrickAnd that with the.00:08:50HendrickTechnology are it?00:08:53HendrickSomething here?00:08:54JackYeah, yeah, interesting. Alright. I'm gonna throw my two cents in here. I'm going to agree with with Hendrick. Teaching should be student centered, not teacher centered. So the teachers should not be up in front of the room lecturing and talking and telling everybody.00:09:05HendrickYeah. Hey.00:09:13JackHow to do it? You know you should actually focus on students needs.00:09:19JackAnd you know the teacher should be floating around the classroom working with students on projects where they get to explore and and and basically kind of discover the knowledge themselves instead of the teacher just telling them what the knowledge is. I mean, I think we.00:09:40JackI think I brought up a Chinese proverb the other day, and I I don't remember it exactly, but I'll paraphrase it. It was like.00:09:50JackTell tell a person and they forget in a minute.00:09:55JackRead it in a book. You forget it in a day, but if you do something, you remember it for a lifetime, you know? So there's something, something to be said about that the old lecture style teaching, I think needs to go away forever. Like it just doesn't, I don't think.00:10:12HendrickYeah, exactly.00:10:12JackIt works.00:10:15MayYes, that's it.00:10:15JackBut if, but it's much more difficult job, it's a much more difficult job for a teacher to come up with activities and tasks for students where they can explore and discover the knowledge themselves. But if they do it that if you can figure out how to do it that way.00:10:30JackIt's it's really more profound and impactful for the students and yeah, that's the trick. I think of being a good teacher is how do you do that? And sometimes lecturing is just the fastest, easiest way to give the information. But if you can find a better way to do it.00:10:50JackIt's. That's always better than than just.00:10:53JackDoing a lecture.00:10:54JackSo that's my opinion. Yeah, yeah.00:10:56HendrickYeah. And I think when you know like when the education, it becomes to the student center, I mean like the student, they can explore the more about the activity. So that's really good. That's thing better than they have to yeah. Rather than they have to rely on the teacher.00:11:08JackRight, they get to use their creativity.00:11:14HendrickThat's that's not really.00:11:15JackYeah, providing students with a lot of opportunities to learn a lot of different things and discover things and and and put kind of put the pieces together themselves. You know, instead of you showing them like you have to put this right here together with this, let them discover it on their own. That's a really important thing.00:11:16HendrickGood, I think.00:11:36JackAnd I think it's hard, you know, it's very hard to do in a, in a classroom full of 24 students, 25 students, thirty students, forty students. How?00:11:47JackDo you do that?00:11:48JackI don't know. I don't have the answer to that. It's a huge challenge and sometimes it's impossible. You know, sometimes it's impossible. But but I think that should be the goal.00:12:01HendrickThanks hector.00:12:02JackAll right. Well, you.00:12:04JackGuys, thank you so much for sharing your opinions. I really appreciate it. I think this is a really important topic and I would love to know what our friends and listeners out there think about this topic.00:12:17JackUM, the question is, uh, do you believe in the value of traditional education like kind of teacher centered or even like online education or sorry offline education or do you think there are better ways to learn and acquire knowledge which could be student focused or even?00:12:37JackUsing platforms like Zoom or other online platforms and so let us know what you think by sending us an e-mail at AZ [email protected]:12:50JackOr go to our website A-Z englishpodcast.com and leave a comment and or join our WhatsApp group. Leave a comment there as well so they have. There are lots of options and lots of ways to get in touch with me and I'll read your comment and happily write a response to it. 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