What I truly find intriguing through this TED Talk is when he mentions the idea of ‘information revolution.’ It’s rather simple really – there was a time when you could count the number of people capable of reading, but now, the numbers have grown vastly. This way, you get to ensure that an individual is able to truly tap into their potential of learning and understanding, often realising that there is way more ability in them to grasp a topic they had otherwise let go of.
Like Khan says, it’s all about ‘viewing the failure as a moment of learning’. They can be accessed by students whenever, wherever and depending on their needs, it can be accessed as many times as one deems fit, without having to worry about keeping up with others. This is where the concept of Sal Khan’s on-demand videos come in.
So, if you’re among those who haven’t figured out the older concept, a newer concept will just not register as well as it should, and the cycle goes on, making you hate the subject which had the potential to be both loved and enjoyed. However, in a regular classroom set up, you don’t get to individually sit and brush up on your skills, as the class is expected to be in sync with everyone. What Sal suggests is, the need to keep practicing something repeatedly (which people seldom do, especially if it’s something you detest or are afraid of – for example – me and maths) till you get accustomed to it so much, that you are able to go through the problem with absolute ease – explaining this with the life skill of learning martial arts. If you’ve not been able to clearly comprehend the easier topics, how will you be able to grasp the harder ones? Sal Khan points out how, often when a certain concept isn’t clear enough in a particular topic and you move onto a new topic, you tend to feel shaky, which is why, by the time you move on to difficult topics such as algebra and geometry, you begin to feel like you don’t have the ‘math gene’ in you. Coming across Sal Khan’s second TED Talk where he talks about the idea of ‘Mastery’ not just for the sake of keeping scores but to ensure that one understood and mastered what they were learning made me realise where I was going wrong. Being terrified of Maths, it’s obvious that I’d look for easier alternatives to get my math problems done, often not getting concepts clear, before moving onto the next topic because I had to keep up with the class, no matter what.
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