Education ministry in the Netherlands says tech is a distraction from learning and will only be allowed if specifically needed
My 16 yo high schooler thinks removing phones from the classroom is a great idea (southern US). According to him ithe number of students who are on their phones instead of paying attention is too high, he’s even fallen into that trap. His middle school tried to have kids turn in their phones before they entered the room, several just snuck them in and a few were stolen. The school eventually gave up. In HS his teachers are so overwhelmed and under staffed they don’t even try to enforce rules like this.
Similar policy in most, if not all, UK schools. Phone out in class? You’ll get it back at the end of the day in my kids’ school
Do they realy think this will stop procrastination?
No, but that’s not the point. Mobile phones and apps are specifically engineered to draw your attention as much as possible. Children are especially vulnerable to distractions, and so to me it makes sense to serverely limit their usage in the classroom.
Not everything has to be as black and white as “stop”. A step in the right direction is a good one.
Mobile phones are a disturbance, scientific research shows. We need to protect students against this.
Wish the Guardian would have looked into this at all, researched a bit to see if the data backs this up. I couldn’t find much conclusive evidence of a significant impact. For example,
