"科技影響孩童注意廣度"

教師們認為經常使用電子設備會導致學生的專注力下降。

科技在日常生活中變得相當重要，但許多人擔憂其對孩子們心智的影響。兩項獨立的研究試圖透過詢問花最多時間觀察孩子的人們──也就是老師──的意見，來了解此議題。他們訪談的九成教師都相信，現在的孩子因為經常接收數位產品的刺激，而屬於「容易分心、注意廣度很短的世代」。他們大部分也都相信，這對孩子的溝通和推理能力有負面影響。

研究科技對大腦影響的狄米崔．克里斯坦克斯博士認同教師的觀察，並補充表示電子媒介過度刺激孩子的腦部，讓他們較不能專注，且無法專注於較不刺激的事物。他們也習慣只要按個按鈕就能馬上得到他們所想要的，因此容易失去耐性。他更進一步評論，科技「讓現實相較之下無趣許多」。

但有些人相信科技並非一無是處，而是有潛力成為一樣有效的教學工具。要不要去適應孩子們的新學習方式，就得看教師和教育體系了。

(Education) Technology Affects Childrens Attention Span

Teachers have associated the constant use of electronic devices with resulting decrease in students concentration.

Technology has become an important part of everyday life but many worry about its effects on young minds. Two separate studies tried to understand this by asking the opinions of people who spend the most time observing children V teachers. 90 percent of teachers they talked to believe that children now belong to an easily distracted generation with short attention spans as a result of constant stimulation from digital devices. The majority of them also believe this has negatively affected their communication and reasoning skills.

Dr. Dimitri Christankis, who studies the effect of technology on the brain, agrees with the teachers observation and added that electronic media hyperstimulates childrens brains, making them less likely to focus and pay attention to things that are less stimulating. They also become accustomed to getting what they want right away with the touch of a button so they easily lose patience. He further commented that technology makes reality by comparison uninteresting.

But some believe technology is not all bad and that it has the potential to become an effective teaching tool. Its up to the teachers and the education system to adjust themselves to the childrens new learning style.

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