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As of the time when the bill was passed, almost two-thirds of Brazilian schools restrict mobile phone use during school hours and 28% of schools completely banned them. In addition, 82% of parents supported a phone ban. The ban affects students between 4 to 17 years old and was made to safeguard the mental and physical health of children. [38]
Gov. Stitt issued an executive order creating the “Oklahoma Phone-Free Schools Challenge” to encourage schools to limit student cellphone use.
Prevalence of mobile phone overuse depends largely on definitions and the scales used to quantify behaviors. Two main scales are in use, in both adult and adolescent populations: the 20-item self-reported Problematic Use of Mobile Phones (PUMP) scale, [17] and the Mobile Phone Problem Use Scale (MPPUS). There are variations in the age, gender ...
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Mr Hinds told MPs: “Almost close to everybody gets a mobile phone now at least between Year 6 and Year 7.” He added: “There seems to be something of a rite of passage about that.
In more affluent private schools, there has been a larger push to remove screens from education in order to limit the negative impacts that have been found from screen time. [12] However, in public schools there is more push for the use of technology with some public schools advertising free iPads and laptops to students. [12]
A number of Wikipedia articles contain pro and con lists: lists of arguments for and against some particular contention or position.These take several forms, including lists of advantages and disadvantages of a technology; pros and cons of a proposal which may be as technical as Wi-Fi or otherwise; and lists of criticisms and defenses of a political position or other view (such as socialism or ...
Pages in category "Mobile phone culture" The following 44 pages are in this category, out of 44 total. ... Mobile phone use in schools; Sexting; Smartphones and ...