The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (Unesco) published a report to discuss the overuse of technology in education.
With that, the institution made an appeal for schools to rethink the use of smartphones in the classroom.
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The Unesco document highlights the negative impacts that technology can bring to the school environment, impairing student development and generating distractions.
According to the analysis ofreport, it is still difficult to assess the benefits of technology in education, as it has evolved faster than the evidence of its added value.
What's more, the top positive reviews of technology in school are from developed countries.
At another time, the UN agency reinforces that the technology can be an important resource, but face-to-face teaching is essential, as well as social interaction for learning.
For Audrey Azoulay, director general of Unesco, virtual contact does not replace human interaction. She believes that online content has become popular "without sufficient quality control or diversity regulation."
Therefore, the valuation of technological resources in education does not consider people who still do not have access to technology. For example, many countries still use television or radio as teaching methods.
“In Mexico, a program of classes broadcast on television, together with support in the classroom, enabled a 21% increase in enrollments”, check out the report.
Another point raised is how technology stimulates cyberbullying, but few countries have laws against this crime.
Because of conflicting evidence about the real benefits of technology in education, many nations have chosen to ban smartphones in schools, such as: France, Mexico, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, United States, Bangladesh and Scotland.
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According to the Unesco report, one of the main problems is that “the use of technology by students in classrooms and at home can be a distraction, hindering learning”.
Likewise, the privacy of data from children is also a concern. “An analysis found that 89% of 163 technology products recommended during the pandemic had the ability to collect data from children,” the report states.
Other studies also confirm that excessive exposure to screens affects students' emotional performance.
Therefore, the Unesco document considers that the best way is to restrict the use of smartphones and technology in classrooms.
For the institution, technology should be used to place teachers and students as the main objective, but, Currently, technological resources are not used in this way at school, therefore, they affect the performance of students. students.