Sweden brings more books and handwriting practice back to its tech-heavy schools

Re:Sweden brings more books and handwriting practice back to... by cambaceres on Wednesday September 13, 2023 @03:14AM (#37493242)

As a Swede with toddlers (2 and 3 years old) in preschool I salute this. Preschools are required by law to use tablets in the "education" of toddlers, which is completely insane since more and more research are saying that using screens as a small child might disturb cognitive development. Call me old school but I think toddlers should play with sticks and balls.

As a side note: the general view in Sweden is that the school is working terrible and many parents do all they can to teach their young childs to read, write and count because they don't trust the school system to do that for them. I think it's great to teach your kids as much as you can, but it's a bit sad that the reason is this one.

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Re:Sweden brings more books and handwriting practice back to... by farialima on Wednesday September 13, 2023 @04:07AM (#37493637)

> the general view in Sweden is that the school is working terrible

It's quite universal to find that schools in your own country are terrible :)

Having lived (and raised children) in multiple countries, I can tell you I've never seen a country where people would say good things about their own education systems

Not sure why... probably simply because everybody has (good !) ideas on how it could be better, but they are not easy to implement ! :). Probably also because that's really something people care about

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Re:Sweden brings more books and handwriting practice back to... by capr on Wednesday September 13, 2023 @09:07AM (#37496248)

probably because they're run by the state

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Re:Sweden brings more books and handwriting practice back to... by drt5b7j on Wednesday September 13, 2023 @04:21AM (#37493750)

> Preschools are required by law to use tablets in the "education" of toddlers

What the actual fuck.

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Re:Sweden brings more books and handwriting practice back to... by sandos on Wednesday September 13, 2023 @05:00AM (#37494095)

Yes, my childrens preschool was awesome but at the same time I did wonder why the need for tablets at such a young age. One reason stated was that it was a matter of equality, parents who could not afford tech means their children are at a disadvantage later on when they dont know how to use... touchscreens I guess? :)

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Re:Sweden brings more books and handwriting practice back to... by drt5b7j on Wednesday September 13, 2023 @06:00AM (#37494628)

Classic socialism approach. Make everyone equally worse off. Frankly I'd rather move country than give my 2yo a tablet. And if I'd learn I have to by law well that'd just reinforce my conviction.

Any idea if this ludicrous situation is the same in Norway, Finland, Denmark?

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Re:Sweden brings more books and handwriting practice back to... by luqtas on Wednesday September 13, 2023 @09:15AM (#37496324)

while i do agree mindless screen time on children is/may be damaging; i think there is a huge difference in using a tablet/laptop as a modern version of a notebook vs. using to watch Youtube Kids with Ads in between etc.

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