The headmaster said the return to old-school teaching was to increase teacher-student relationships as laptops are a distraction in the classroom.'(Teaching is) about interaction between people, about discussion, about conversation,' Dr Vallance said in the report.'We find that having laptops or iPads in the classroom inhibit conversation — it's distracting.'If you're lucky enough to have a good teacher and a motivating group of classmates, it would seem a waste to introduce anything that's going to be a distraction from the benefits that kind of social context will give you.'
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Основное объяснение - комьютеры отвлекают от общения, а общение это основа обучения в классных комнатах, основа коммуникаций между преподавателем и студентом, и между студентами.
Синдром рассеянного внимания, вызываемый как раз таки частыми и безосновательными проверками телефонов/планшетов/комьютеров - это уже достаточно описанное явление.
