Mohamed Naiem
One of
the most alarming issues educators and teachers discuss these days is the
decrease of children's academic performance and the escalating aggressiveness
among them. The scope of this awful fact has reached a dreadful point: teachers
are only 'pushing' students from one grade level to another. In the meantime,
electronic devices providing access to movies and video games that are full of
sexuality and violence--intended for children-- are booming. As children's mental
abilities (still in development) can be shaped by whatever they are exposed to,
these digital devices, used mainly to entertain with movies and games, may have
played a role in the wrong turn of children's education. In other words, the
technological advance, that once was anticipated to enhance children's
education, has turned out to be rather harmful to their cognitive and social
skills development because technology marketers have set consumption, not
education, as a main goal to electronic innovations. To investigate this matter
deeply, I relied on works of renowned educationists in an attempt to raise
awareness about this subject. Indeed, understanding how technology may harm some
precious elements of our society, children, may draw parents' and teachers'
attention so that they act to save kids before it's too late. To apprehend the
topic at hand, I first explained what the basic objectives of children's
education are. Second, I showed how technology may contribute in teaching and
learning. Then, I detailed the harm the unguided use of computers and other
consumption oriented technology tools may cause to children's health,
behaviors, and education.
One of
the most alarming issues educators and teachers discuss these days is the
decrease of children's academic performance and the escalating aggressiveness
among them. The scope of this awful fact has reached a dreadful point: teachers
are only 'pushing' students from one grade level to another. In the meantime,
electronic devices providing access to movies and video games that are full of
sexuality and violence--intended for children-- are booming. As children's mental
abilities (still in development) can be shaped by whatever they are exposed to,
these digital devices, used mainly to entertain with movies and games, may have
played a role in the wrong turn of children's education. In other words, the
technological advance, that once was anticipated to enhance children's
education, has turned out to be rather harmful to their cognitive and social
skills development because technology marketers have set consumption, not
education, as a main goal to electronic innovations. To investigate this matter
deeply, I relied on works of renowned educationists in an attempt to raise
awareness about this subject. Indeed, understanding how technology may harm some
precious elements of our society, children, may draw parents' and teachers'
attention so that they act to save kids before it's too late. To apprehend the
topic at hand, I first explained what the basic objectives of children's
education are. Second, I showed how technology may contribute in teaching and
learning. Then, I detailed the harm the unguided use of computers and other
consumption oriented technology tools may cause to children's health,
behaviors, and education.
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