My Students Don't Know How to Have a Conversation(theatlantic.com)
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My Students Don't Know How to Have a Conversation
http://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2014/04/my-students-dont-know-how-to-have-a-conversation/360993/
"Students’ reliance on screens for communication is detracting—and distracting—from their engagement in real-time talk."
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So the author takes a group of 19-20 year olds and tasks them with a project which: a) asks them to converse in forced manner with someone they do not know, and then b) explicitly record themselves doing so. I don't know very many people, of any age, that could pull off a natural conversation in these conditions.
Then, instead of recognizing the flawed experiment, he decides to blame the results on "newfangled technology" and the like.
This whole article just wreaks of a "kids these days" post with no substance.
Then, instead of recognizing the flawed experiment, he decides to blame the results on "newfangled technology" and the like.
This whole article just wreaks of a "kids these days" post with no substance.