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Adolescence was hard-hitting TV, but online safety needs to be nuanced | Letter
Instead of banning phones in schools, teach online engagement as part of the curriculum, writes Mark RowlandThe scramble by politicians to respond to the fantastic Netflix series Adolescence risks turning into a kneejerk “ban response”, when evidence for the effectiveness of a ban is limited and it may prove impractical to enforce (Labour to scrutinise school smartphone bans as pressure grows over impact on teenagers, 20 March).Teachers are having to grapple with online influences. Parents are even less prepared, struggling to know who and what their children are interacting with online. The answer is to better support teachers, parents and young people with stronger online safety education in schools. Education on how to engage with communities safely online should be made mandatory as part of personal, social, health and economic education (PSHE), just as sex and relationships education is. It makes no sense that schools employ a scattergun approach, where some children will leave with little to no online safety education at all. Continue reading...
Instead of banning phones in schools, teach online engagement as part of the curriculum, writes Mark Rowland
The scramble by politicians to respond to the fantastic Netflix series Adolescence risks turning into a kneejerk “ban response”, when evidence for the effectiveness of a ban is limited and it may prove impractical to enforce (Labour to scrutinise school smartphone bans as pressure grows over impact on teenagers, 20 March).
Teachers are having to grapple with online influences. Parents are even less prepared, struggling to know who and what their children are interacting with online. The answer is to better support teachers, parents and young people with stronger online safety education in schools. Education on how to engage with communities safely online should be made mandatory as part of personal, social, health and economic education (PSHE), just as sex and relationships education is. It makes no sense that schools employ a scattergun approach, where some children will leave with little to no online safety education at all. Continue reading...
