Sugata Mitra Quotes

India, Educator
February 12, 1952

Sugata Mitra is a Professor of Educational Technology at the School of Education, Communication and Language Sciences at Newcastle University, England. He is best known for his "Hole in the Wall" experiment, and widely cited in works on literacy and education. He is Chief Scientist, Emeritus, at the for-profit training company NIIT. He won the TED Prize 2013.

Also known as Professor

Learning is the new skill. Imagination, creation and asking new questions are at its core.

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- Learning
- Creation
- Skill
In nine months, a group of children left alone with a computer in any language will reach the same standard as an office secretary in the West.

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Ask BIG questions, find BIG answers.

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- Answers
- Questions
- Big
Education is a self-organizing system, where learning is an emergent phenomenon.

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The bottom line is, if you're not the one controlling your learning, you're not going to learn as well.

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We need to look at learning as the product of educational self-organization. It’s not about making learning happen; it’s about letting it happen.

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A teacher that can be replaced by a machine should be.

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- Teacher
- Machine
- Replaced
Knowing is NOT the most important thing. To be able to FIND OUT is more important than knowing.

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If children have interest, then Education happens.

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Children will learn to do what they want to learn to do.

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- Children
- Want
- Learn