InstituteMontaigne, a well-known French think tank, recently released a report that introducing digital teaching tools into primary education can effectively prevent academic failure.
The report pointed out that the learning difficulties of French students originated from the primary school stage. As James Heikman, winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics in 2000, said, early intervention is needed to combat injustice. Investing 1 euro in health, education, safety or social services at the birth of a child is equivalent to investing 8 euros later.
According to the report, digital teaching can make learning more personalized and enable each student to solve different problems in learning. At the same time, digital teaching can collect relevant data in individual learning, so as to continuously evaluate and improve students' academic performance. In addition, digital teaching tools are also conducive to cultivating students' autonomy and creativity.
The report also pointed out that technology can not replace the role of teachers, and the teaching reform needs to pay special attention to the rationality of digital tools, so that students can be more familiar with experimental methods when using digital tools, and use digital tools to present the latest achievements of cognitive science and make personalized diagnosis of students' academic difficulties.
Hill, secretary-general of SEPD, believes that no research can prove that digital tools can automatically or mechanically improve children's learning. If you believe that tablets can prevent academic failure, you are fooled. In fact, according to the report released by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, the correlation between the use of digital teaching tools and academic performance is very low, and new technologies cannot make up for the ability gap between students. Experts from the French Higher Audiovisual Committee (CSA) even warned that exposure to digital tools before the age of 3 will hinder children's cognitive construction and hinder their growth.
Hill pointed out, "Digital teaching tools are similar to other teaching tools in stimulating learning motivation and attracting students' attention. We need to study effective ways to combat academic failure. Research can help us improve teachers' continuing education so that they can better accomplish the goal of helping students achieve academic success. "