Do you need mobile phones at school? Bashny.Net

Getting back to school rhythm after the holidays this year may be harder for some children than ever. The head of Rospotrebnadzor Anna Popova promised that within a month her department will develop Proposals to Ban the Use of Phones by Students educational institutions. This message caused a mixed reaction and a very heated discussion on the Internet. Parents and teachers were divided into two warring camps, not among themselves, but within each group.





The opinions of our editors were also significantly divided. To understand this issue as fully as possible, the editorial board "Site" The pros and cons of having mobile phones in children during the learning process.

Cell phones at school are certain that banning mobile phones in schools It will help to cope with many problems of children, including improving the performance of students, and the latter strongly disagree with this.

Among the dissenters, the famous journalist Andrei Maksimov reacted most vividly to the message of Anna Popova. In his article, he explained why he thought it was a bad idea. take away a cell phone from a schoolboy during his stay at the school.





“The mobile phone is the reality of our children, whether we like it or not.” We can be indignant as much as we like: they say, we were running around at recess in the yard, breathing air, and these are in cell phones sitting. Our cries and prohibitions will not get them out of their phones.

The student can do what he wants and interesting. And if he is too busy with his cell phone in class, then, firstly, it means that he is not interested in the lesson; and secondly, the teacher has a million opportunities to stop “this outrage.”





Pros and cons of having a mobile phone in a child at school To teach modern schoolchildren without the use of various techniques has become almost impossible. The availability of digital material greatly facilitates the task of the teacher and increases the interest of students in their subject.





On the other hand, some children are constantly distracted by their phone. They play games, chat with each other or watch different videos and don’t even try to focus on the topic of the lesson. This is becoming a really big problem. However, with the correct organization of the educational process by the teacher and a creative approach to the presentation of material, such problems do not arise.





Mobile for the child The possibility of urgent communication with parents. If a student suddenly becomes ill or has any problems, the teacher can always recruit parents on his own. But during recess and after school, no one monitors students, and therefore without a mobile child is helpless in such situations.





Today, smartphones also allow children to show their creativity. What some adults call “doing nonsense” is not really nonsense. In the same social networks, teenagers can upload videos with their songs or photos of their drawings and receive assessments from those people whose opinion it is important for them to know. Evaluations, in turn, help them develop in one direction or another and, if successful, form a positive self-esteem, which is very important for later adulthood.





In contrast to the previous plus of the minuses Having a cell phone at school It can be noted a decrease in the level of socialization of the child. Some children are literally stuck in the virtual world and do not try to communicate with peers live.





Still, it is impossible to accurately answer the question of whether such changes will benefit students. Hardly a ban on Using mobile phones in school It will help children to get more knowledge in the classroom, because children of the 21st century from an early age learn a large amount of information thanks to access to digital technologies. But the lack of gadgets in the classroom can really help avoid the many other problematic situations that take place there. At least now the phone is not exactly stolen, and the child is more likely to graduate from school, able to communicate with people live, not just online.