27 B2 | 7. Klasse | Unit 05: Live and learn (B) Salman Khan is the (10) (found) of the Khan academy, a nonprofit educational (11) (organise) that specialises in providing free video (12) (tutor) on many different topics. The videos were originally intended for (13) (distant) education, but they can also be used in the classroom. In the early days of the Khan Academy, Salman Khan received a lot of (14) (encourage) from his followers on the internet, and he was also the (15) (receive) of some extremely generous financial support from Bill Gates. He became very (16) (success), and the foundation went through a period of impressive (17) (grow). Today, many experts consider his foundation a (18) (promise) example of the power of the internet to transform (19) (tradition) education. In a development that was very (6) (surprise) to Sugata Mitra and the other (7) (research) who worked on the experiment with him, the children taught themselves to use the computer without any (8) (assist). Sugata Mitra called his new method, which he tested (9) (rigour) in many different contexts, MIE (Minimally Invasive Education), but it is better known as ‘Hole in the wall’. Expand your vocabulary: Talking about tertiary education This is a text from a school magazine, written by a student counsellor to give secondary school students some guidance about tertiary education. Complete the text with words from the box. academic attend deepen federally funded fondly foster growth hold indulgent informed part-time pass rewarded secondary set skills tackle tuition fees underestimated values Into the future Should you go on to a university or UAS (University of Applied Sciences) after your school leaving exam, or get a job instead? In order to make an (1) decision, you need to consider some facts about tertiary education very carefully. So, what is the purpose of tertiary education? University lecturers will tell you that they aim to (2) critical thinking in their students, to (3) their understanding of their field of study and to instil academic (4) such as a respect for facts and evidence. If this sounds like hard work, well, it is. As a university student, you have to (5) numerous seminars and workshops, stay on top of all the work which your teachers (6) every day and, of course, LANGUAGE 4a Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv
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