Our Children Can't Read: How digital media is undermining education and the soul of learning, (Paperback)

<b>THEY CAN SCROLL, BUT THEY CAN'T READ - AND IT'S NOT THEIR FAULT</b> <p>A quiet catastrophe is unfolding in our classrooms. Children who navigate smartphones with instinctive ease struggle to parse a simple paragraph. Teenagers who spend seven hours a day glued to screens find themselves unable to concentrate long enough to finish a chapter. Teachers across the country report pupils who've lost the capacity for sustained reading - not because they've grown less clever, but because their minds have been fundamentally rewired. </p><p>This isn't merely an educational issue. It's a human crisis. <i>In Our Children Can't Read, Brendon Naicker reveals: </i></p><ul><li>How digital devices are shortening attention spans to below that of a goldfish</li><li>Why "multitasking" is a dangerous illusion - with neuroscience proving it damages memory and heightens anxiety</li><li>The way algorithms reduce learning to bite-sized content and students to data points</li><li>How screens are starving young minds of the depth, patience and contemplation that make us truly human</li></ul>Yet all is not lost. Drawing on cutting-edge neuroscience, timeless wisdom and revolutionary solutions - from ancient reading practices to screen-free classrooms - this book offers a way forward. Discover: <br>&amp;#10004; The shocking truth about why today's teens read less (and retain less) than any previous generation<br>&amp;#10004; How to recognise "digital dementia" - the alarming new cognitive consequences of tech overload<br>&amp;#10004; The forgotten art of deep focus - and how to nurture it in an age of distraction<br>&amp;#10004; Practical strategies to reset young minds, from "Sabbath pedagogy" to analogue learning spaces <p>For exhausted parents, frustrated teachers and anyone who senses modern life is making us shallower:</p>

• Our Children Can't Read: How digital media is undermining education and the soul of learning, (Paperback)
• Author: Independently Published
• ISBN: 9798291158937
• Format: Paperback
• Publication Date: 2025-07-05
• Page Count: 66