Recently, schools have been opening one after another in the following areas. Ha Day, Ho Chi Minh City, no, Ha Dong, Tuing Quang… Students were asked not to use their cell phones during class, and even not to bring them to class. The move comes in the context of a growing number of studies warning of the negative effects mobile phone abuse has on children. Strengthening cell phone management in schools is no longer a local or national issue, but a global issue.
Lesson 1: One day at school without a phone
Play live without a phone
A recent observation by a PNVN newspaper reporter at Huy Van Secondary School (Dong Da District, Hanoi) during recess shows that the school playground is busy with students’ games and physical activities. The boys played soccer and basketball, and the girls played badminton and shuttlecock. A group of people are gathered together, telling jokes, reading stories, laughing and talking.
Nguyen Khanh Vy, a class 8D student at Huy Van Secondary School, joked and ran around with his friends in the school yard, saying that in the past, when the school had not yet banned students from bringing cell phones to school, the school yard said: It’s pretty quiet during recess.
“At that time, most students were sitting in class and looking at their phones. Boys play games and girls surf social networks. Only a few people interacted with each other, the rest were glued to their phone screens. Smartphones have eliminated the need for many students to talk or share with each other. Although they are classmates, they are quite far apart,” said Khanh Vy.
They have had proper recess since the day the school banned students from bringing cell phones to school. “In the past, it was all about the phone. The world is ours. And now at recess we invite each other to the school yard to run, jump and play. We study more intensively. So learning in class is more effective,” said Khanh Vy.
For Vu Doan Minh Kiet, another Grade 8 student at Huy Van Secondary School, the smartphone was his “inseparable item” at home and school. Like her classmates, Minh Kiet also loves games.
Previously, I often sat in class and played online games during break time. So Minh Kiet and many of his friends were shocked when there was a rule banning bringing cell phones to school.
“The first few days at school without my phone felt very squeezed and my hands felt like they had nothing to do. But a few days later, we invited each other to the school playground to play badminton, soccer, basketball, and shuttlecock…
We communicate more with each other. Now recess has become a real break, and when it comes time to study, I no longer feel lethargic and tired like I used to,” said Minh Kiet.
Students at Huy Van Secondary School (Hanoi) during recess.
Increase student engagement
Bui Thi Lan Huong (Huy Van Secondary School) teacher affirmed that banning students from bringing mobile phones to school is the right policy and has great benefits for both students and the school, saying: Many children secretly use their phones during class, which often prevents them from concentrating in class.
She had to disrupt the class and remind the students. This problem has been solved because the school has established a policy prohibiting students from bringing cell phones to school. “Children interact more with each other during class, recess, and other group activities organized by the school.”
The ban on students bringing mobile phones to school was implemented at Huy Van Secondary School from the end of the first semester of the 1-2023 school year, before the Hanoi Department of Education and Training issued a document prohibiting students from using mobile phones in class. .
Huy Van Secondary School vice-principal Le Hoai Quan said the school board asked for the principal’s opinion at a meeting at the end of the first semester last year in response to students focusing too much on their mobile phones. We participated in parent committees at all grade levels to obtain buy-in and support.
In the course of conducting classes, the school received several questions from parents, including: Home is far away. Parents want their children to use their phones to pick them up. The school offered two options.
First, the school installs a landline phone in the security room and makes the phone number public. Students can call their parents via landline. Second, children can bring a phone (not a smartphone) with listening and calling capabilities, but there must be an arrangement between parents and the school.
This school year marks the second year that Huy Van Secondary School has implemented a policy banning students from bringing phones to school. According to teacher Le Hoai Quan, the most noticeable effect is that teachers do not need to remind students not to lose focus during class.
When your phone is not in use, they connect directly to each other. To create more activities for students during recess, the school organized folk games and competitions in various subjects. Sports like badminton, basketball, and folk dance.
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Source: https://phunuvietnam.vn/loi-va-hai-khi-truong-siet-hoc-sinh-dung-dien-thoai-20241108163038896.htm
