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Our study suggests the evidence for banning mobile phones in schools is weak when you look at the impact on academic results, student wellbeing and cyberbullying. 
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They impede learning, stunt relationships, and lessen belonging. They should be banned.
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Too often schools and teachers are lumped with solving all of life’s ills. For a phone ban to be effective, parents must share some of the burden.
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The Education Minister Dan Tehan has said research shows mobile phone bans have a positive effect on academic performance. But this is not necessarily true.
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The WA Government will ban students from using mobile phones, smart watches and tablets in all public schools from 2020 in a major push to reduce distraction and focus on learning.
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The state government's phone ban has divided teachers, students and parents in the public system. Now the attention has turned to private schools.
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The NSW government introduced a ban on phones in primary schools after an independent review.
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The research paints a murky picture, but perpetual hand-wringing says plenty about adult biases.
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Administrators see them as an intensifying distraction — or, worse, a tax on students’ mental health.
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Phones can be addictive and distracting, and take a toll on teen mental health. Some schools are pushing back.
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The effects of mobiles phones and other technology at school is a hotly debated topic in many countries. Some advocate for a complete ban to limit distractions, while others suggest using technology as a teaching tool. Kids in public South Australian primary schools started the school year without being allowed to bring their mobile phones to class, unless they are needed for class activity. All students in public Western Australian Victorian, and Tasmanian schools have a mobile phone ban in place since for all or some of 2020. New South Wales also banned mobile phones in public primary schools, with secondary schools having the option to opt in, since the start of 2020.
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At one school in Melbourne's south-east, students have accepted Victoria’s new mobile phone ban but pushback has come from an unexpected quarter: parents.
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Students in all WA public schools will be banned from using mobile phones during school hours from 2020 in a drastic move by the state government.
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At its heart, the proposed ban robs schools and principals of making decisions and once again devalues the teaching profession.
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We observed how and when students were using their digital devices in schools. They often weren't used, and when they were, students were sometimes just distracting themselves from learning.
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Once hailed as the poster child of digital interactive learning, tablets are falling increasingly out of favour in NSW schools. Via Peter Mellow
Peter Mellow's curator insight,
August 20, 2014 10:40 PM
I would really like to see 'how' they used the devices in the classroom. I can see this as another case of blame the technology (device) rather than the learning design for the activities.
I would have thought that a device with a range of scientific instruments included in it (gyroscope, accelerometer, two cameras), would be more useful for collecting and reporting on data/events than a keyboard with a screen. Sounds like a typewriter vs an educational swiss army knife to me.
Do we want our children to be able to ask the right questions with inquiry based learning or be able to type 40 words a minute? |
