| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 284 pages) |
| Summary |
A provocative, scientific solution to one of every teacher's biggest problems Why is it so hard to get students to pay attention' Conventional wisdom blames iPhones, insisting that access to technology has ruined students' ability to focus. The logical response is to ban electronics in class. But acclaimed educator James M. Lang argues that this solution obscures a deeper problem: how we teach is often at odds with how students learn. Classrooms are designed to force students into long periods of intense focus, but emerging science reveals that the brain is wired for distraction. We learn best when able to actively seek and synthesize new information. In Distracted, Lang rethinks the practice of teaching, revealing how educators can structure their classrooms less as distraction-free zones and more as environments where they can actively cultivate their students' attention. Brimming with ideas and grounded in new research, Distracted offers an innovative plan for the most important lesson of all: how to learn. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-267) and index. |
| Contents |
A brief history of distraction -- Distracted in the classroom -- The tech ban debate -- Communities of attention -- Curious attention -- Structured attention -- Signature attention activities -- Assessed attention -- Mindful attention |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost All EBSCO eBooks |
| Subject |
Education.
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EDUCATION -- Educational Psychology. |
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Education. |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Lang, James M. Distracted. First edition. New York : Basic Books, 2020 9781541699809 (DLC) 2020015825 (OCoLC)1143651850 |
| ISBN |
9781541647565 (electronic bk.) |
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1541647564 (electronic bk.) |
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9781541699816 (electronic bk.) |
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1541699815 (electronic bk.) |
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9781541699809 (hardcover) |
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1541699807 (hardcover) |
| Music No. |
EB00813850 Recorded Books |
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