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Ano: 2026
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ISET
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Prefeitura de Lajedinho - BA
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ISET - 2026 - Prefeitura de Lajedinho - BA - Professor de Ensino Fundamental II - Língua Estrangeira (Inglês) |
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‘Our children are less cognitively capable,’ says
neuroscientist who wants to cut screen use in schools
Jared Cooney Horvath argues that educational technology
undermines how children learn and develop
Jared Cooney Horvath is on a mission. In the wake of global
campaigns for smartphone bans in schools and social media
restrictions for under-16s, the neuroscientist wants to raise the
alarm about educational technology in classrooms.
A former teacher, Horvath believes the use of screens and
digital tools in schools is undermining how children learn and
develop. “This might be one of the hardest truths our generation
has to face,” he writes in his book, The Digital Delusion.
“Our children are less cognitively capable than we were at their
age,” he says. “For nearly two centuries, the west experienced
steady generational progress. Each new cohort of children grew
up, on average, healthier, happier, and better educated than the
last. Until now.”
Starting around the year 2000, something changed. “Across
the west, IQ scores began to fall – even as time spent in school kept rising,” writes Horvath. Scores in international tests started
to drop. Why? “The answer lies in the meteoric rise of
educational technology.”
According to a recent Department for Education report, the UK
educational technology – or edtech – market generated an
annual turnover of about £6.5bn. In the US, Horvath says it is a
$400bn (£295bn) mega-industry, woven into every aspect of
schooling.
“We’ve been making some incredible strides on the screenbased childhood stuff which even two years ago, I did not think
was going to happen as fast as it did,” he said. “But it’s not just
about getting rid of screens for entertainment. It’s about
reducing them as much as possible for academic learning as
well if we want our kids to have deep transferrable knowledge in
our heads.”
Source: https://www.theguardian.com/education/2026/aug/16/neuroscientistscreen-use-schools-educational-technology-jared-cooney-horvath
Based on the text, classify the statements below as True (T) or False (F).
I. Horvath believes that concern about children's screen use should extend beyond entertainment to the use of digital tools for academic purposes.
II. Horvath claims that generational improvements in health, happiness, and education had continued consistently in the West after the year 2000.
III. Horvath suggests that reducing academic screen use could help children develop deeper knowledge that can be transferred to different contexts.
IV. Horvath states that he expected progress in reducing screenbased childhood to occur as rapidly as it has.
Choose the correct sequence.
I. Horvath believes that concern about children's screen use should extend beyond entertainment to the use of digital tools for academic purposes.
II. Horvath claims that generational improvements in health, happiness, and education had continued consistently in the West after the year 2000.
III. Horvath suggests that reducing academic screen use could help children develop deeper knowledge that can be transferred to different contexts.
IV. Horvath states that he expected progress in reducing screenbased childhood to occur as rapidly as it has.
Choose the correct sequence.
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