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From the Ted Talk by Charles Leadbeater: Education innovation in the slums
Unscramble the Blue Letters
So El Sistema in Venezuela uses a vliion as a technology of learning. Taio Rocha uses mikang soap as a technology of learning. And what you find when you go to these sehcmes is that they use pepole and places in incredibly creative ways. msesas of peer learning. How do you get learning to people when there are no teachers, when teachers won't come, when you can't afford them, and even if you do get teachers, what they teach isn't relevant to the communities that they serve? Well, you create your own teachers. You create peer-to-peer lrnaeing, or you create para-teachers, or you bring in specialist sllkis. But you find ways to get learning that's relevant to people through technology, people and places that are different.
Open Cloze
So El Sistema in Venezuela uses a ______ as a technology of learning. Taio Rocha uses ______ soap as a technology of learning. And what you find when you go to these _______ is that they use ______ and places in incredibly creative ways. ______ of peer learning. How do you get learning to people when there are no teachers, when teachers won't come, when you can't afford them, and even if you do get teachers, what they teach isn't relevant to the communities that they serve? Well, you create your own teachers. You create peer-to-peer ________, or you create para-teachers, or you bring in specialist ______. But you find ways to get learning that's relevant to people through technology, people and places that are different.
Solution
- violin
- people
- masses
- learning
- skills
- schemes
- making
Original Text
So El Sistema in Venezuela uses a violin as a technology of learning. Taio Rocha uses making soap as a technology of learning. And what you find when you go to these schemes is that they use people and places in incredibly creative ways. Masses of peer learning. How do you get learning to people when there are no teachers, when teachers won't come, when you can't afford them, and even if you do get teachers, what they teach isn't relevant to the communities that they serve? Well, you create your own teachers. You create peer-to-peer learning, or you create para-teachers, or you bring in specialist skills. But you find ways to get learning that's relevant to people through technology, people and places that are different.
Frequently Occurring Word Combinations
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Important Words
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- communities
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- creative
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