94% of schoolchildren use mobile phones during school
Last reviewed: 16.10.2021
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Scientists from the University of Haifa conducted a study and found that 94% of Israeli high school students use mobile phones during their school hours to enter social networks. Only 4% report that during the lessons teachers listen instead of plowing the Internet.
It was also noted that in the lessons taught by condescending teachers, who established normal contact with students, the phones were used less often. If the teacher was strict, then everything happened the other way around.
"Students used mobile for different purposes: to access the Internet, social networks, to listen to music, to take a picture, as well as to send sms and multimedia messages," the authors of the work. "Our research shows that in any class there are at least a few people who use mobile phones during classes."
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Despite the fact that the vast majority of students have mobile phones, the analysis of their use has never been carried out.
A new study of specialists is aimed at determining the scope, frequency and uses of mobile phones, as well as the age at which they are used by children. In addition, experts were interested in the existence of a relationship between the use of mobile and the type of discipline that the teacher establishes.
A team of scientists led by Dr. Dana Daniil conducted a study involving 591 students of grades 9-12 and 144 teachers of various subjects in three Jewish schools.
It turned out that 94% of students regularly use telephones and the most visited sites are Facebook, YouTube and file sharing.
About 95% of students, instead of listening to the teacher, are photographed or write SMS, distracting from the study of the subject. 93% listen to music during classes, and 91% can even talk on the mobile.
Also, experts tried to find out how often teens use phones in the classroom (from "never" to "constantly"). It turned out that the average student uses mobile on every second lesson.
The multifunctionality of the phone and the use of a number of these functions constantly distract children from learning, which can not but affect their successes and achievements.
The authors also state that "the potential damage caused by the use of telephones during the lessons casts a shadow on the entire education system, the atmosphere in the classroom, prevents the child from comprehending new, necessary knowledge, and also forces the teacher to translate the time allotted to the subject and distract to discipline the class. "
Age, it turns out, also affects the frequency of mobile use during lessons. For example, tenth-form students used telephones more actively than students of the twelfth grade.
It was found that the gender of the teacher does not play any role, but experienced teachers can create the right atmosphere in the classroom and restore discipline, because with such teachers, children though use the phone, but much less often than usual.
These studies demonstrate that the use of mobile phones during classes has become commonplace.