Can teachers be replaced by technology in the future?
Due to the fast pace development of technology, many jobs are becoming redundant and there is a question of whether technology can educate children instead of teachers and replace them? Henny argued that ‘some educators are worried that there will be no students to teach in the future as technology might take over a lot of tasks and abilities that teachers have been teaching students for decades’ (Henny, 2016, p.1). Although technology is advanced and teaching is known whereas technology is uncertain (John, 2007) and there are some skills that only a teacher can obtain and convey effectively to the children for example Vygotsky’s Zone of Proximal development and assistance of a more knowledgeable other (Vygotsky 1935/1978) , this approach is possible with technology but with face to face interaction this approach would be better received as Vygotsky found that, ‘’It was believed that through social interaction with more knowledgeable others that children were able to acquire knowle...