MILES AXLE Translation. Region: Russian Federation –
Source: State University Higher School of Economics – State University Higher School of Economics –
Despite the widespread use of smartphones, they have not been used enough by teachers in the teaching process of schoolchildren, including for developing their digital skills. Irina Dvoretskaya, a researcher from Institute of Education, National Research University Higher School of Economics,studiedpatterns of use of mobile devices by students in grades 9–11 for learning.
On September 1, 2024, a law came into force that prohibits schoolchildren from using mobile phones during school hours, even for educational purposes. According to media reports, in 2023, more than 80% of parents supported the proposal to ban smartphones during school lessons. Irina Dvoretskaya, a research fellow at the HSE Institute of Education, analyzed how Russian high school students had used smartphones up to this point and whether teachers were involved in students’ work with digital tools.
The study involved an online survey in urban and rural Russian schools among students in grades 9–11 (more than 20,000 boys and girls) who had smartphones. The study showed that most high school students did not use smartphones for their studies. Almost 60% of respondents either did not use gadgets at all or used them to work with applications such as an electronic diary. At the same time, teachers did not use teaching practices that promote the development of digital competencies in the classroom. Most often, a smartphone was used as a calculator or as a tool for searching for information. According to the study, only 7.34% of high school students are advanced users of gadgets.
Irina Dvoretskaya notes that in the existing frontal model of educational work, a smartphone really distracts a student from his studies. However, it would be wrong to completely exclude gadgets from the educational process, given their widespread use and the increasing digitalization of all spheres of life. Otherwise, there is a risk that personal mobile devices will remain a means of entertainment and communication for a child, but not education.
“Every year, more and more new user technologies appear (for example, chatbots with AI), and banning smartphones in the educational process will not help a child learn to use them responsibly and productively,” notes Irina Dvoretskaya.
The fruitful use of a mobile device for active learning in project-based or research-based learning allows schoolchildren not only to successfully master subject content, but also to develop meta-subject skills, that is, what students should be able to do in addition to knowledge of school subjects: to realize their educational interests and needs, to solve various life problems.
The conducted research can help the management of Russian schools to assess the possibilities of integrating personal digital infrastructure into educational organizations. The obtained data can also be used to monitor the progress and academic performance of various groups of students, develop flexible learning paths and individual educational materials in the context of the development of artificial intelligence.
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