US EditionStudy Casts Doubt on Efficacy of School Smartphone Ban
- Dublin City University published a qualitative study titled 'Smartphone Bans in Schools' detailing students' experiences with phone restrictions in schools.
- The study found that stricter phone bans lead to more student attempts to subvert these rules, calling for greater student involvement in policy decisions.
- Researchers conducted focus groups with 66 students aged 10 to 18 from six eastern schools, finding students feel undereducated about online safety and digital citizenship.
- Minister Helen McEntee recently issued guidance requiring post-primary schools to restrict mobile phone use and allocated €9 million for phone storage solutions to support this policy.
- The findings suggest phone bans alone have little impact on wellbeing or online bullying and recommend empowering student voices and regulating social media companies.
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Schools will have to update regulations by providing disciplinary sanctions.
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