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The book fueling a movement against screens in schools


Makolo agaŵira bukuli pamisonkhano yamagulu asukulu. Oyang’anira akudalira ilo kuti liwatsogolere momwe angachepetse kugwiritsa ntchito ukadaulo m’masukulu awo. Wochita sewero Hugh Grant adalimbikitsa ndikulemba mawu ofotokozera pachikuto.

Pafupifupi usiku wonse, Jared Cooney Horvath adachoka kwa mlangizi wosadziwika wamaphunziro kupita kwa wowongolera wanzeru wamagulu apansi kuti achepetse nthawi yowonera masukulu, chifukwa cha buku lake lodzisindikiza yekha “The Digital Delusion.”

Bukuli, lomwe adatulutsa mu Disembala watha, limagwirizanitsa kutsika kwazaka zambiri mayeso okhazikika pakati pa ana aku America pakukwera kwa masukulu opatsa mwana aliyense laputopu kapena piritsi. Potengera kafukufuku wamaphunziro, Horvath akuti ophunzira amaphunzira bwino pamapepala komanso pokambirana, ndipo masukulu akuvulaza ana powatsekera kuseri kwa zenera.

Chiyambireni kutulutsa “The Digital Delusion,” Horvath adayesa pamaso pa Senate ya US ndi malamulo aboma pomwe mayiko ambiri akulemera. Zoletsa zowonera m’masukulu. Mgwirizano wa makolo akomweko kuchokera ku California kupita ku Maryland adamulandira m’mawebusayiti kuti amupatse upangiri pa kukankhira zigawo kubwerera ku mabuku osindikizidwa. Randi Weingarten, Purezidenti wa American Federation of Teachers, bungwe lachiwiri lalikulu la aphunzitsi, adamutchula kuti “wofufuza wamkulu” polankhula sabata yatha. kuyitanitsa ziletso zaukadaulo m’masukulu.

“Palibe njira ku gehena buku langa lingakhudzire kwambiri,” adatero Horvath. “Chotero lingaliro langa ndiloti linali pamenepo, linali losonkhezera, linali pafupi kuchitika nthaŵi zonse.” Kungoti anthu anafunikira mikangano, ndipo ndikuganiza kuti mwina mpamene bukhulo linaloŵereramo n’kunena kuti, ‘Nawa mawu amene mwakhala mukuwafuna.’”

Jared Cooney Horvath ananeneratu kuti ukadaulo ukhala mkangano waukulu wotsatira masukulu ataletsa mafoni am'manja.
Jared Cooney Horvath ananeneratu kuti ukadaulo ukhala mkangano waukulu wotsatira masukulu ataletsa mafoni am’manja.Mwachilolezo cha Jared Cooney Horvath

Kwa makolo ndi aphunzitsi omwe akukankhira chenjezo paukadaulo wamaphunziro, kapena ed tech, m’masukulu, bukhuli limapereka ziwerengero zokopa komanso magwero omwe angagwiritse ntchito kuti atsimikizire anthu ena ammudzi ndi atsogoleri asukulu.

Mayi wina wa ku San Diego, dzina lake Jodi Carreon, yemwenso ndi mkulu wa bungwe lolimbikitsa anthu kusukulu, anati: “Monga makolo, nthawi zina timakhala ndi vuto lachinyengo tikamalankhula. “Chotero kukhala ndi buku lolembedwa ndi munthu wodziwa bwino za maphunziro komanso sayansi ya ubongo kunapangitsa kuti makolo azikhulupirira kwambiri zimene akukumana nazo.”

Oyang’anira pa Granville County Public Schools, ku North Carolina, adati amawerenga bukuli akamawerenga adayambitsa kuyesa kwa “tech-free”. momwe ophunzira sankaloledwa kugwiritsa ntchito laputopu masiku awiri pa sabata. Julie Frumin, mayi waku California amene anasankha ana ake kuti asagwiritse ntchito zipangizo M’chigawo cha Conejo Valley Unified School District, anagaŵira makope a bukhulo kwa mamembala a bungwe la sukulu pamsonkhano mu February.

Koma kwa atsogoleri a nthawi yayitali a mabungwe a maphunziro ndi othandizira aukadaulo, bukuli lakhala vuto. Oyang’anira sukulu amadzidzimuka ndi makolo amene awerenga bukuli n’kukakamira kuti malamulo asinthe. Zayambitsa mikangano yayitali kuchokera ku LinkedIn ndemanga ulusi ku misonkhano ya masukulu ndi ma webinars ndi alangizi a zamaphunziro kuti atsogolere oyang’anira momwe angathanirane ndi zomwe Horvath adanena.

“Sindingathe kukuuzani kuti ndi kangati komwe ndimalandira foni pa sabata kuchokera kwa mtsogoleri wa sukulu yemwe akudandaula za izi ndipo akuti, ‘Kodi timachita chiyani? Timayankha bwanji pa izi?

Culatta amayembekeza kuti padzakhala kuwerengera pa ed tech masukulu atachita bwino kwambiri kuwononga ndalama pazida ndi mapulogalamu pa nthawi ya mliri wa Covid. Masukulu aukadaulo omwe amagulidwa nthawi zambiri samayesedwa bwino, adatero. Koma bukuli “lawononga nthawi yochulukirapo kukangana za cholakwika,” adatero, polumikiza kugwa kwa mayeso ku ed tech.

“Ndi nkhani yayikulu yolumikizana komanso chifukwa,” adatero Culatta. “Akupanga chifukwa chomwe kulibe, ndipo chifukwa chake izi zimakhala zowopsa kwambiri ndikuti mukayang’ana zomwe zikuchitika, ndizotheka kuti palinso zina zomwe zikuyambitsa izi.” Anapereka lingaliro thanzi labwino ali ndi chikoka chachikulu.

Zimene bukhulo limatsutsa

“The Digital Delusion” imatsutsa ndemanga yobwerezabwereza kuchokera pazandale kuti maphunziro “asweka.” Ngati pali chilichonse, a Horvath akulemba, ed tech idaphwanya masukulu aku America poyika ma multimedia osokoneza kuti apititse patsogolo kuphunzira. Akukhulupirira kuti kukakamiza kwazaka zambiri kwamakampani aukadaulo kuti apereke malangizo amunthu kwakhala kuwononga nthawi komanso ndalama. AI sichipanga bwino, akutsutsa, ndi masukulu omwe amavomereza “kudzipereka kwadongosolo.”

“EdTech sikulephereka chifukwa cha mapulogalamu achikale kapena kusaphunzitsidwa bwino kwa aphunzitsi,” adalemba m’bukuli. “Zikulephera chifukwa sizigwirizana kwenikweni ndi mmene anthu amaphunziriradi.”

Horvath akulemba kuti ophunzira omwe amagwiritsa ntchito makompyuta kwa maola osachepera asanu ndi limodzi patsiku amapeza ma point 66 otsika kuposa ophunzira omwe samawagwiritsa ntchito konse pa Programme for International Student Assessment, kapena PISA, mayeso odziwika bwino padziko lonse lapansi, komanso kugwiritsa ntchito makompyuta tsiku lililonse kusukulu kumagwirizananso ndi masamu otsika ndi ma benchmark ambiri asayansi pazowunikira kuchokera ku Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study. Akunena kuti masukulu apeza ndalama zambiri ngati ataikapo ndalama mu air conditioning m’malo mwa laptops.

“Ndikadakhala ndi sukulu, ndikanasiya zonse mawa,” adatero Horvath. “Ndipo anthu ankati, ‘Kodi mukanatani?’ Ndikanati, ‘Ife tiri nazo kale. Amatchedwa mabuku ophunzirira. Amatchedwa pepala ndi pensulo.’ “Sizokhudza kupanga china chatsopano – ndi kubwerera ku zomwe zimagwira ntchito bwino.”

Makolo anabweretsa makope a
Makolo anabweretsa makope a “The Digital Delusion” kuti apereke kwa mamembala a board a sukulu ku Thousand Oaks, Calif., pa Feb. 4.Peyton Fulford wa NBC News

Mfundo zambiri za m’buku lake zimafanana ndi mfundo zamagulu oganiza bwino, monga Ethics and Public Policy Center ndi National Education Policy Centerzomwe zimafotokoza kafukufuku wosonyeza kupambana kwa kuwerenga mabuku a pepala ndi kulemba ndi dzanja m’malo pa zenera, ndi maphunziro ena ogwirizana ngakhale ndalama zochepa kugwiritsa ntchito makompyuta kusukulu kuchita bwino kwambiri pamaphunziro.

Horvath adalandira digiri ya masters kuchokera ku Harvard Graduate School of Education, komwe adaphunzira momwe ubongo umaphunzirira, ndipo adalandira digiri ya filosofi mu cognitive neuroscience kuchokera ku yunivesite ya Melbourne ku Australia. Iye watero mizati yolembedwa za momwe ubongo umagwirira ntchito pamaphunziro kwazaka zopitilira khumi, ndipo adalemba ndikukonza mabuku okhudza neuroscience.

Wagawa nthawi yake pakati pa Australia ndi Oregon, akuphunzitsa ndikugwira ntchito ngati mlangizi wamasukulu kudzera ku kampani yake ya LME Global. Nthawi ndi nthawi, adayika makanema asayansi a pop okhudza kuphunzira pa YouTube – kuphatikiza imodzi mu Januware 2024 yomwe idalengeza “EdTech Revolution yalephera

Lingaliro la “The Digital Delusion” linatuluka pambuyo pa “The Anxious Generation,” a buku lolembedwa ndi katswiri wa zamaganizo Jonathan Haidt Izi zidapangitsa kuti mlandu wotsutsana ndi kugwiritsa ntchito mafoni am’manja ndi ma TV kwa achinyamata, zidathandizira kupititsa patsogolo malamulo ambiri oletsa ophunzira kugwiritsa ntchito mafoni kusukulu. Horvath adawona mafoni a m’manja ngati “chipatso chotsika kwambiri” ndipo adaneneratu komwe zokambiranazo zichitike.

“Apulo wotsatira pamtengowo nthawi zonse amakhala waukadaulo,” adatero Horvath, “chifukwa makolo akangozindikira kuti, ‘Dikirani kamphindi, titha kukana kugwiritsa ntchito foni yam’manja m’masukulu, ndiye kuti titha kukana kugwiritsa ntchito Chromebook kusukulu.

Kukangana koopsa

Pamene adasindikiza “The Digital Delusion” mu Disembala 2025idalandira kufalitsa pang’ono pawailesi kupitilira gawo la Fox News ndi chigawo chomwe chinathamanga mu The Free Press, tsamba lankhani lomwe linagulidwa ndi Paramount chaka chatha. Koma bukulo linatuluka pambuyo pake Horvath anayesedwa za nthawi yowonetsera m’masukulu pamaso pa Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee ya US pa Jan. 15. Anati amagulitsa mabuku oposa 5,000 mwezi uliwonse; Bukuli ndilogulitsa kwambiri ku Amazon mugulu la “Educational Psychology”.

Nthawi yake inali yangwiro, chifukwa magulu a makolo anali atangoyamba kukonzekera kukakamiza masukulu awo kuti achepetse nthawi yowonera.

Mmodzi chidutswa cha umboni wake wa Senate Yolembedwa ndi C-SPAN pa YouTube tsopano ili ndi malingaliro pafupifupi 3 miliyoni. Bukuli lisindikizidwanso ndi Harmony Books, chosindikizira cha Penguin Random House, mu Ogasiti.

Horvath adaphunzitsa ndikugwira ntchito ngati mlangizi wamaphunziro kwazaka khumi zapitazi, kwinaku akulemba pambali.
Horvath adaphunzitsa ndikugwira ntchito ngati mlangizi wamaphunziro kwazaka khumi zapitazi, kwinaku akulemba pambali.Mwachilolezo cha Jared Cooney Horvath

Jody Scheer, dokotala wa ana wopuma pantchito komanso woyambitsa mnzake wa Oregon Unplugged, mgwirizano wa makolo omwe adachititsa Horvath kuholo yatawuniyi masika, adati adawona makolo akutchula buku lake pamisonkhano yamasukulu.

Iye anati: “Ali ndi njira yoti athe kugawana nawo mfundo zovutazi m’njira yoti anthu azitha kuzimvetsa, kenako n’kuzigwiritsa ntchito kuti ziwapindulitse.

Pafupifupi mwachangu, anthu omwe amagwira ntchito mu mfundo zamaphunziro adayamba kutsutsana ndi malingaliro a Horvath.

“Ndizovuta kutanthauzira maulalo,” atero a Peter Bergman, pulofesa wothandizira pazachuma pa yunivesite ya Texas ku Austin yemwe amaphunzira za ed tech. “N’kosowa kukhala ndi nkhani imodzi yabwino yomwe imangofotokoza zochitika zazikulu m’dziko lonselo.”

Otsutsa amanenanso kuti Horvath amaphatikiza mitundu yosiyanasiyana yaukadaulo ndipo salimbana ndi kafukufuku yemwe amathandizira kugwiritsa ntchito makompyuta pang’ono kusukulu.

Pomwe bungwe la Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, bungwe lopanda boma lomwe limayang’anira PISA, anapeza kuti anawonjezera Kugwiritsa ntchito makompyuta kumayenderana ndi mayeso oipitsitsa Mu 2022, ophunzira omwe adagwiritsa ntchito zida zophunzirira kwa ola limodzi kapena asanu patsiku kusukulu adachita bwino kuposa omwe sanazigwiritse ntchito konse. Horvath adati zambiri ndizambiri chifukwa zikuwonetsa mayeso omwe amayesedwa pakati pazovuta zokhudzana ndi mliri, komanso masamu onse. watsika kwambiri.

Jacob Pleasants, wotsogolera wamkulu wa Civics of Technology Project, gulu la ophunzira omwe amalimbikitsa kugwiritsa ntchito luso lamakono m’masukulu, adanena kuti sankamudziwa Horvath mpaka atawerenga bukuli m’nyengo yozizira yatha. Pazokambirana za kalabu ya Epulo zomwe gulu lidachita, a Pleasants adati, omwe adatenga nawo gawo adakangana pakati pa kukumbatirana chifukwa choyambitsa nkhawa zawo paukadaulo waukadaulo ndikudzipatula chifukwa amawona kuti Horvath wapita patali kwambiri ndi zomwe akuganiza.

“Mikangano yambiri yomwe amakayikitsa ndi yokayikitsa, koma malingaliro ambiri omwe amafotokoza ndi omwe ambiri aife tingavomereze,” atero Pleasants, pulofesa wothandizira maphunziro a sayansi ku yunivesite ya Oklahoma, ponena za malingaliro a Horvath oti masukulu aziwunika zida zawo zaukadaulo ndikugwiritsa ntchito kusamala potengera AI.

Horvath adati akufuna kuthana ndi zambiri mwazotsutsa izi muzowonjezera zomwe zatulutsidwa chilimwechi. Iye akuvomereza ena ed techmonga pulogalamu yophunzitsira yomwe imagwirizana ndi zosowa za ophunzira, imawonetsa zotsatira zabwino pakuphunzira.

Koma pazinthu zambiri za ed tech, adati, palibe kafukufuku wokwanira wowonetsa kusintha poyerekeza ndi njira zachikhalidwe.

Kusamukira ku Italy

Pomwe Haidt adapangitsa kuti achinyamata azigwiritsa ntchito kampeni yazaka zambiri, Horvath sayembekezera kuti achite chimodzimodzi ndiukadaulo m’masukulu – pali mitu ina yomwe akufuna kufufuza.

“Chomwe chimandichotsa pabedi m’mawa ndikuti, anthu amaphunzira bwanji?” adatero.

Horvath ali mkati mosamukira ku Italiya ndi banja lake – adasankha dzikolo mwanjira ina chifukwa akuwona kuti lili ndi nthawi yowonera bwino komanso masukulu ake akugogomezera zolemba pamanja – ndipo ali ndi mapulani a mabuku ena osachepera awiri. Imodzi idzakhala yokhudzana ndi luso lomwe anthu angaphunzitse, ndipo ina amatcha “The Learning Blueprint,” momwe akufuna kufotokoza “zonse zomwe ndakhala ndikuzidziwa za kuphunzira.”

Mtsutso womwe wathandizira kuti upitirire, adaneneratu, chifukwa cha magulu a makolo odzipereka.

Iye anati: “Sindikupanga chitsanzo chatsopano cha kusukulu. “Ndikungotibwezeranso ku chinthu chabwino.”