Schoolchildren ‘losing the power to concentrate in class’

Graeme Paton
The Telegraph
March 6, 2013

The influence of social media, games consoles and mobile phones on pupils’ lives is one of the biggest crises facing the modern education system, it is claimed.

David Boddy, chairman of The Society of Heads, which represents more than 100 independent schools, says the country is in the grip of a “national attention deficit syndrome” because children spend so much time plugged into screen-based entertainment.

In a speech today, he will warn that children are now unable to concentrate “for more than the shortest of periods”.

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This article was posted: Wednesday, March 6, 2013 at 4:30 pm

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