Study finds smartphone bans in Dutch schools improved focus

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• ter_maxima@jlai.lu ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  As a 1998 French Zoomer, they were never allowed in class, and only allowed at recess in high school.

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• oh_@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I am shocked they allowed them in school tbh. They were not allowed at school for millennials. Granted phones were new but all the flip phones and such were not allowed at schools.

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  • Railcar8095@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Born on Europe on 1985. We never had a ban on phones (later “feature phones”). We couldn’t use them in class, same as the game boy, a comic or a Walkman.

    Now schools force Chromebooks/ewaste with laughable restrictions.

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    • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      I’m absolutely in favor of schools disallowing use of phones in class, but I’m against them being banned. If kids want to use them between classes, that’s fine, as long as they don’t use them in class.

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• zapzap@lemmings.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  The “study” is that they asked teachers, “Hey, how’s it been going?” and the teachers answered, “I feel like my students are paying attention more now.”

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  • Fredthefishlord@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Polling professionals and experts on their opinions is perfectly reasonable to publish as a preliminary study on a subject

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    • zapzap@lemmings.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      It’s a sensible first step.

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  • slackassassin@sh.itjust.works ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Who better to poll than teachers for this type of study? They are the ones in the trenches and can gauge the results.

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    • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      You shouldn’t poll anyone, instead look at test results. If there is better focus, it’ll improve learning outcomes like test scores, graduation rates, and reduces instances of cheating. IMO, if we poll anyone, it should be parents about how much assistance they give their kids (i.e. are they filling in the gaps in their education less?).

      It’s nice that teachers think kids are paying more attention, but that only matters if kids are learning more.

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    • zapzap@lemmings.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Yeah, like, if you’re just gonna ask someone, they’d be the ones to ask.

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• romantired@shibanu.app ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Wow, no way, I never would have thought )

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• RobotZap10000@feddit.nl ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  At my middle school, we also banned smartphones throughout the whole building. You were meant to either leave yours at home or put it in your locker when you got there. It’s a lot easier to chat with people during the breaks when they’re not face-down in their phone screen.

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  • romantired@shibanu.app ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Have the iPads and laptops not been collected?

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    • RobotZap10000@feddit.nl ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      They were always collected when not in use. We don’t get personal devices, we either go to the computer room, where every screen can be seen by the teacher at once a la panopticon, or we get a trolley full of laptops that we hand in at the end of the lesson. You can also BYOD that isn’t a smartphone, so long as you don’t use it during lesson time when the teacher doesn’t permit it.

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• Glasgow@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  How were they ever allowed?

  I was in school from the transition from no mobiles at all to smart phones. If you got caught with one it was whipped off you.

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  • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    At my school, they only cared if you used it, and you’d be forced to put it away if caught. A lot of my friends had phones, but they weren’t allowed to use them in class, and it was treated like any other gadget like a gameboy.

    I don’t believe in bans (kids can use them between classes), but I also believe kids shouldn’t use any devices in class.

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  • romantired@shibanu.app ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    What next?

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    • blarghly@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Next they pay attention and learn algebra

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    • Glasgow@lemmy.ml ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      What?

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    • phoenixz@lemmy.ca ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Really? Slippery slope argument?

      This is a good thing, take it

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• Amoxtli@thelemmy.club ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Who would have thought?

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