If nobody obeys a certain rule, doesn't it make more sense to abolish the rule itself? That's what an Aussie researcher at the University of Tasmania, Martin Beattie, is suggesting for mobile phone usage in classrooms.
His reasoning is that school rules to stop students text messaging have little effect on their wards. So teachers might as well embrace the technology instead of trying to ban it.
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In the schools with a strict no-phone policy, 85 per cent of students in Years 9 and 10 said they sent SMS text messages without teacher permission.
Beattie said rules trying to ban text messaging were almost useless.
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"Virtually all the high school students I surveyed own mobile phones and see it as their right to use them at school," he added.
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He said that the students rarely contacted their friends in the same classroom.
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Students also used text messaging to help their studies or deal with emergencies such as getting details of medical appointments or transport.
"An interesting point is that 67 per cent of parents contact their children during school hours, mostly to remind them of medical appointments or other commitments," he said.
Beattie said schools should start incorporating mobile phone use into school routines.
"After all, there's nothing quite like the private text message that quietly reads: 'The principal would like to see you in her office now'," he said.
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