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Why shouldn't students be allowed to use their phones during class? In college we all had laptops in front of us in every lecture and it didn't stop us from lea
by aianus 10y ago
Why shouldn't students be allowed to use their phones during class? In college we all had laptops in front of us in every lecture and it didn't stop us from learning.
- celticninja 10y agoBecause younger children are less disciplined and perhaps not as aware of the harm they are causing themselves by playing candy crush in their maths lesson. In college you are 18+, mature enough to make your own decisions, at 11 - 17 most (not all) are unable to do this. Why do you need a phone in school anyway? Why do you need twitter or facebook or candycrush so immediately? Yes in an emergency they would be useful, but lets be honest many people survived their schooldays with a mobile phone so I am not sure why you feel that a 12year old must have a mobile phone with them at all times.
- RugnirViking 10y agoThe article mentions this is a college
- celticninja 10y agoIn the UK college is for 16-18 year olds, university in the UK is the equivalent of a IS college.
- murkle 10y agoIn UK, "6th form college" = 16-18 year olds
- celticninja 10y agoYes, with most being under 18 and those who are 18 are almost finished in college and will leave for employment or university.
- dagw 10y agoCollege is fundamentally different. First of all you're a lot older and more mature and secondly you're there (both in that class and in school in general) because you want to be. Also in many cases you're actually paying to be there (if nothing else with opportunity cost). That gives you entirely different incentives to learn. Finally there is no consensus about whether or not laptops in lectures help or hinder learning.
- JoeAltmaier 10y agoThere's no such thing as 'multitasking'. Its just 'not paying attention'. I'd bet dollars to donuts it did stop/impair learning, drastically. To claim otherwise will require some citation?
- rwmj 10y agoPersonally I'm really glad we didn't have phones or laptops at university, or else I'd probably never have learned anything in lectures.
- vr46 10y agoPart-time university lecturer here. If I could ban phones from my classes, I would. They are distracting, rude and affect concentration like you would expect. I introduced my students to pomodoros for practical work (phones upside-down, on silent, and only music without singing allowed on headphones) and the results were fabulous. This was not a scientific study, but results are result.