With the integration of science and technology education, future education has come.

Text/Chen Gen

Humans always know the world by means of tools. The invention and innovation of tools promote the progress of human history. Similarly, the innovation of educational means and methods also promotes the progress and development of education. With the booming of information technologies such as artificial intelligence, big data and VR/AR, science and technology intervention education is becoming popular.

It is an inevitable and happening fact that science and technology have changed education. Just as the birth and development of computer technology has rapidly and profoundly changed the way of life of human beings, nowadays, in the fields of commerce, transportation, finance and production, computers have subverted and are subverting the traditional model, and education is no exception.

The future education has come. When the penetration of science and technology into education is increasing, what impact will it have on education? In the era of science and technology intervening in education, we have to rethink the old-fashioned topic-what kind of education is a good education?

With the integration of science and technology education, future education has come.

The integration of science and technology education is first reflected in the change of education mode and method. Monaco, a French scholar, thinks that the educational reform has gone through four main stages: the performance stage which depends on the direct transmission between people, the expression stage which depends on the indirect transmission of words, the image stage which depends on the recording of sound and images, and the information technology stage which depends on the equal interaction of all people.

In addition, at different stages, the methods of education are also different, including the method of learning to obtain information, the method of teaching to spread information and the method of teaching interaction. Obviously, whether it is the evolution of educational stage or the change of educational methods, technology is the key force driving educational reform.

In the performance stage, the means of obtaining information is relatively simple, relying entirely on word of mouth. The typical representative of its educational form is private school, which is small in scale and has no personalized education.

In the presentation stage and image stage, papermaking, printing and image technology appeared, which changed the education mode of word of mouth. Teachers are no longer the only source of information, and teaching and learning are relatively separated. At this time, all kinds of schools at all levels had a certain scale. Public schools focused on serving the knowledge level of most people, advocated large-scale, emphasized efficiency first, and advocated knowledge dissemination as the main purpose. The pattern of "three religions" centers of teachers, textbooks and classrooms was quite stable and became the "iron triangle" of education.

However, modern information technology has broken through the time and space limitations of the centralized education model. Especially with the emergence of new science and technology such as mobile Internet, artificial intelligence, big data, supercomputing and brain science, the transfer of knowledge is faster and more equal, and the teaching methods and modes have also undergone profound changes. With the empowerment of information technology, the development speed of education is faster than at any time in modern history.

On the one hand, communication technology has cracked the space-time limitations of traditional education through information interconnection, especially the advantages of high speed, low delay, high density and high mobility of 5G will promote the development of education in four aspects: spatial interconnection, synchronous teaching, remote control and cloud storage.

In terms of spatial interconnection, the support of 5G technology will make direct connection between physical spaces possible. With the help of 4K/8K ultra-clear video technology, interconnected physical spaces can be spliced together. With the help of XR (ARMEVR) technology, this splicing can be more natural and even merged into a larger space.

Because 5G technology also has the characteristics of high transmission rate under high equipment density, synchronous teaching will also be able to carry out diverse interactions between teachers, students and students like face-to-face teaching. In addition, the low-latency advantage of 5G technology also enables students to remotely control equipment, learning tools and even carry out remote experiments; Cloud storage of large-capacity resources such as video will be as fast as local storage.

As a result, with the empowerment of information technology, teaching and learning are no longer limited by time, space and place, which also changes students’ learning mode, and online education modes such as MOOC, blended learning, flipped classroom, ubiquitous learning and mobile learning have become the general trend.

On the other hand, the application of new technologies, such as artificial intelligence, in education is redefining the value of human knowledge and ability, making the educational connotation develop in the direction of accurate content, independent learning and interactive teaching.

Empowering teachers with artificial intelligence will change the role of teachers and promote the transformation of teaching mode from knowledge imparting to knowledge construction. For example, AI teaching assistant is a kind of "virtual teaching assistant" software, which can replace teachers to complete daily tasks. AI teaching assistant can answer questions, correct homework and evaluate papers for students, so that teachers have more time to give students personalized guidance and one-on-one communication.

Empowering schools with artificial intelligence will change the form of running schools, expand the learning space, improve the service level of schools and form a more learner-centered learning environment; Empowering education governance with artificial intelligence will change the governance mode, promote scientific educational decision-making and precise resource allocation, and accelerate the formation of a modern education public service system.

　

Education is driven by technology, but not technology itself.

Educational technology is becoming popular. Obviously, it is necessary and necessary to accept some modern tools and technologies to reform education and promote the improvement of educational efficiency and quality. But at the same time, education also follows the ethical contradictions that technology application will inevitably face. In fact, from the perspective of the history of technology development, human beings will always encounter new problems around the emergence and application of various new technologies. These problems are often not limited to the level of technology and application, but more humanistic and ethical challenges.

Education is a systematic process, in which we cultivate individual sense of autonomy, etiquette and responsibility. Education is a structure, and education is a structure. It is that one generation inherits the intellectual structure and learning skills from the previous generation, and then gradually establishes individual and collective identity in the framework of education.

Information technology can contribute to education and promote the improvement of education efficiency, but people need to make sure that these technologies can ensure good learning results and put human dignity before sloppy, wasting and arithmetic measurement. In the era of science and technology intervening in education, we have to rethink the old-fashioned topic-what kind of education is a good education?

Obviously, the technicalization of education is not "pan-technicalization", and the technical rationality of education is by no means instrumental education. In the development of the integration of education and technology, technology has provided educational means for the modernization of education, and also provided many conveniences for the realization of educational goals. People generally show admiration and optimism for technology, and actively try the conveniences brought by various new technologies to education. However, relying too much on "technical support", blindly pursuing "technological innovation" and blindly promoting the technological process of education often leads to the technical rationality overstepping the value rationality, which makes education fall into "pan-technical".

Monitoring students’ learning status through artificial intelligence or implementing strong management and control has repeatedly posted hot news, which has sparked heated discussions. In fact, when blindly obsessed with means and pursuing the technicality of controlling learning, we often ignore the speculation and consideration of the pursuit of value in education, such as "why to govern" and "what kind of governance is good governance", so as to ignore the value source and ethical examination of educational management.

Although artificial intelligence technology can conduct detailed and comprehensive behavior and cognitive management for the educated, all learning factors can be quantitatively assessed by powerful algorithms. However, we should know that technology often indicates an ideal lifestyle, which contains the most important questions that people want to know-and problems that people often ignore.

In other words, under the intervention of science and technology in education, people regard the learning achievement as the profit rate, calculate the dividend of the return on investment in technology and infrastructure, and even evaluate students’ ability to acquire "work skills" as industrial resources. However, it gradually ignores the ability to create meaning in an all-round way through reflection and context. Compared with perceptual poetry, science and technology make people pay more attention to rational accuracy.

In the integrated development of technology and education, education carries too much hope, so between input and output, people always hope that the shorter the cycle is, the better the gap is. The utilitarianism of education is the epitome of utilitarianism and pragmatism. People’s pursuit of external goals of education is higher than the pursuit of internal values of education. Technical rationality helps education achieve the goal of delivering "educational products" in a short time, and education has become a competition.

Therefore, in the era of science and technology education, when education is pursuing "technological innovation" and "traditional change", the educated are also passively integrated into this trend and constantly adjust their learning to adapt to the changes in society and education. In this process, the purpose of education is no longer to focus on the richness of "humanity", but only to adapt to society and the market.

There is no doubt about the significance of technology to the development of human society, as well as to education. Without the support of technology, human beings cannot create a people-oriented world, and "human civilization" is also the embodiment of the intrinsic value of technological progress. However, the more technology is closely related to social life, the more we should be alert to the social changes brought about by technology. Human education will not be bound by technology, nor should it be defined by technology.

Education is driven by technology, but not technology itself. In view of this, education should not only actively embrace new technology and regard technological progress as an effective driving force for the reform of higher education, but also always keep the bottom line of the true life of education in the balance and integration of technical rationality and value rationality of education. From beginning to end, people are the origin of education, and educating people is the foundation of education. This is also the meaning of human being.