Should schools allow students to use their mobile phones?
Some schools allow students to use their mobile phones while others do not. Some countries have completely outlawed mobile phone use by students in schools, such as France since August 2018.
This wikidebate collects arguments for and against allowing mobile phone usage by students in schools.
Mobile phone usage should be allowed in schools[edit source]
Arguments for[edit source]
- ⟬⟬⟭: Mobile phones can be used to quickly research needed information on the Internet.
- ⟬⟬⟭: Mobile phones provide a partial replacement for some tools such as a pocket calculator, a torch, and a magnification glass.
- ⟬⟬⟭: Mobile phone cameras can be used to preserve life memories at school, such as video recordings of basketball games and classroom dances.[1]
- ⟬⟬⟭: Students could use mobile phones to call their parents in the case of an emergency.[2]
- ⟬⟬⟭: Smartphones can be used to collect evidence on verbal abuse by other students or even teachers, to hold them accountable.[3] (See also Should recording the voices of unconsenting people be legal?)
Arguments against[edit source]
- ⟬⟬⟭: Mobile phones could distract students from learning, for example by providing access to social networking sites.
- ⟬⟬⟭: Students might waste money on freemium games.
- ⟬⟬⟭: This does not prevent them from doing so at home.
References[edit source]
- ↑ P1040671 by h3llx3 - Dailymotion - 2008 video of French students performing a dance in a classroom. Recorded on a Panasonic compact camera as the file name suggests, but still shows the point.
- ↑ The toxic schooling system § Banning smartphones - Dig Deeper
- ↑ My Teacher Bullied Me. I REVENGED! (animated story)