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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Please can we do the same?

[url]https://amp.theguardian.com/world/2023/sep/11/sweden-says-back-to-basics-schooling-works-on-paper[/url]

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The return to more traditional ways of learning is a response to politicians and experts questioning whether Sweden’s hyper-digitalised approach to education, including the introduction of tablets in nursery schools, had led to a decline in basic skills.[/quote][/quote]

I'm so glad to hear this. My 4th grade/APS daughter brought home study sheets for VA history.  These were very brief sections, mostly 1 sentence bullet points. Missing the paragraphs of explanation that a textbook would've had. I've no clue what they're supposed to be learning. Memorize bullet points and by process of elimination match memory to multiple choice answers? [/quote]

+1. Kids are not learning how to look up the answers from a paragraph in their textbook. They are not learning how to scan for what they need. It’s a critical skill. It’s already been boiled down for them and life doesn’t work like that. Parents have nothing to reference either if a child needs extra help.[/quote]

Books are a past technology. Internet and digital resources are many years fresher up to date.
Its not a matter of "boiling down", which by the way is the very definition of "textbook".

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Yes, digital technology has done wonders for education.  Test scores are down, those without access to technology are disadvantaged, so textbooks should not be abandoned.

In the same way that and archer has many arrows in their quiver kids should have multiple resources such as textbooks, digital resources, teachers,  involved parents or community members so that every child can reach his/her potential while recognizing that each child will have differing potentials. [/quote]

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