{"id":10909,"date":"2023-07-25T23:38:20","date_gmt":"2023-07-25T21:38:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/07\/25\/put-learners-first-unesco-calls-for-global-ban-on-smartphones-in-schools\/"},"modified":"2023-07-25T23:38:20","modified_gmt":"2023-07-25T21:38:20","slug":"put-learners-first-unesco-calls-for-global-ban-on-smartphones-in-schools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/07\/25\/put-learners-first-unesco-calls-for-global-ban-on-smartphones-in-schools\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Put learners first\u2019: Unesco calls for global ban on smartphones in schools"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Major UN report issues warning over excessive use, with one in six countries already banning the devices<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/education\/2023\/jul\/26\/distraction-cyberbullying-key-concerns-phones-uk-schools\">Analysis: distraction and bullying are key concerns<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/education\/2023\/jul\/26\/i-would-crank-up-the-restrictions-teachers-on-banning-phones-in-school\">\u2018I would crank up the restrictions\u2019: teachers on banning phones in school<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Smartphones should be banned from schools to tackle classroom disruption, improve learning and help protect children from cyberbullying, a UN report has recommended.<\/p>\n<p>Unesco, the UN\u2019s education, science and culture agency, said there was evidence that excessive mobile phone use was linked to reduced educational performance and that high levels of screen time had a negative effect on children\u2019s emotional stability.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2023\/jul\/26\/put-learners-first-unesco-calls-for-global-ban-on-smartphones-in-schools\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/6164a0aa5118909b52fc2fd6c6fe83b47ae6eebd\/0_140_4256_2553\/master\/4256.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=16a831a18f5767363422bb2599114bba\" title=\"\u2018Put learners first\u2019: Unesco calls for global ban on smartphones in schools\" \/>Major UN report issues warning over excessive use, with one in six countries already banning the devices<br \/>\n\u2022 Analysis: distraction and bullying are key concerns<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I would crank up the restrictions\u2019: teachers on banning phones in school<\/p>\n<p>Smartphones should be banned from schools to tackle classroom disruption, improve learning and help protect children from cyberbullying, a UN report has recommended.<br \/>\nUnesco, the UN\u2019s education, science and culture agency, said there was evidence that excessive mobile phone use was linked to reduced educational performance and that high levels of screen time had a negative effect on children\u2019s emotional stability. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Major UN report issues warning over excessive use, with one in six countries already banning the devices \u2022 Analysis: distraction and bullying are key concerns \u2018I would crank up the restrictions\u2019: teachers on banning phones in school Smartphones should be banned from schools to tackle classroom disruption, improve learning and help protect children from cyberbullying, &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/07\/25\/put-learners-first-unesco-calls-for-global-ban-on-smartphones-in-schools\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">\u2018Put learners first\u2019: Unesco calls for global ban on smartphones in schools<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":10910,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10909"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10909"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10909\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10910"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10909"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10909"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10909"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}