Together, what kind of education do the mechanical teacher and telebook create?

Technology-based home education

The governing concept is technology-mediated, individualised education. In the story, Margie studies alone in a room at home. Her mechanical teacher presents lessons, asks questions, and checks her work, while the telebook supplies the reading material electronically. These two devices together create a system in which schooling is home-based and controlled by technology rather than organised around a shared classroom. Option B is correct because it includes both essential features: the place is the home and the method is technological. Option A is incorrect because there are no classmates gathered together. C is unsupported because the system is not mainly oral or play-based. D describes the older printed-book system, not the future arrangement. The story presents convenience but also invites readers to question the loss of social learning.

This is a Class 9 English question. Chapter: The Fun They Had. Topic: impact of technology.