Students have them [phones] out at all times, clutched in their hands like shiny, black security blankets. Her class will message each other from across the room during lessons, or scroll social media, or listen to music.
The switch from what I think of as 'analogue' phones to smartphones, compounded by an upsurge in digital living during pandemic lockdowns, has resulted in 46pc of adolescents reporting they are online 'almost constantly'. Some 97pc of children have a smartphone by the age of 12, according to UK Ofcom data.
#phones-in-schools #students-screen-time #adolescent-smartphone-use #educational-challenges #digital-living
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