Re:France to ban mobile phones in primary, junior and middle...
by philamonster on Wednesday December 13, 2017 @08:58AM
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Since when is just being able to hold a student's attention 75% of the time entertainment? It's much more nuanced than my original comment, I understand, but the assumption that simply removing the device (which I agree is the way to go) will suddenly get kids involved in their learning doesn't take into account all the missteps that occur before the child or teacher enter that classroom. Whether it's staffing, fiscal planning at an admin level that reduces actual classroom instruction, lack of classroom management PD for staff that may need it or a permissive parent.
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Re:France to ban mobile phones in primary, junior and middle...
by teh_klev on Wednesday December 13, 2017 @12:12PM
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> the assumption that simply removing the device...
I don't think anyone is suggesting this is the silver bullet, but it's one less distraction towards the goal of getting kids to learn things and also to learn how to learn.