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Need for ICT Use in Classroom
as a Response to Cognitive Style Change
in Children
Ranko Rajović
University of Primorska
ranko.ntc@gmail.com
Many experts warn that there has been a profound reorientation of human at-
tention and a generational shift in cognitive styles is in progress, going from
deep to hyper attention. Experience of boredom, often termed as a disease
of the modern world, is tightly related to regulation of attention. In the light
of a rapidly changing environment, irrevocably followed by a change in cog-
nitive style and most probably, a change in the preferred form of knowledge
acquisition, the aim of this study was to explore the current opinion of school
children (5th and 6th grade) regarding their fondness for school, the amount
of time spent on their smartphone/PC and their learning approach and need
for changing the learning method. We conclude that, in order for children to
be more satisfied with school and their achievement, it is necessary to start a
diligent implementation of a well-designed ICT in classroom.
Keywords: ICT use, hyper attention, learning method, boredom, education sys-
tem
Introduction
Social modernisation and technological revolution at the turn of 21st cen-
tury have created a rapidly changing environment. Changes in technology
have increased the pace of information exchange and interconnectedness,
brought new forms of employment and standards of education, but most of
all, they have remarkably changed human lifestyle. Due to high brain plas-
ticity in early childhood, susceptibility to environmental factors and lifestyle
is remarkable in children. A general trend that includes much screen-time
with often intense and overly stimulating content, little physical activity and
a disrupted sleep-wake cycle is reaching epidemic proportions. Although the
rapidly changing environment affects us and our everyday behaviour in a
rather obvious manner, recent research pinpoint to a subtler cognitive and
maybe more profound levels, at which changes in this technical age are tak-
ing place. These changes range from navigation skills (Sanders 2017) to how
we use our memory (Storm, Stone, and Benjamin 2017) and length of atten-
tion spans (Christakis et al. 2004).
Štemberger, T., S. Čotar Konrad, S. Rutar in A. Žakelj, ur. 2022. Oblikovanje
inovativnih učnih okolij. Koper: Založba Univerze na Primorskem.
https://doi.org/10.26493/978-961-293-139-1.81-90
as a Response to Cognitive Style Change
in Children
Ranko Rajović
University of Primorska
ranko.ntc@gmail.com
Many experts warn that there has been a profound reorientation of human at-
tention and a generational shift in cognitive styles is in progress, going from
deep to hyper attention. Experience of boredom, often termed as a disease
of the modern world, is tightly related to regulation of attention. In the light
of a rapidly changing environment, irrevocably followed by a change in cog-
nitive style and most probably, a change in the preferred form of knowledge
acquisition, the aim of this study was to explore the current opinion of school
children (5th and 6th grade) regarding their fondness for school, the amount
of time spent on their smartphone/PC and their learning approach and need
for changing the learning method. We conclude that, in order for children to
be more satisfied with school and their achievement, it is necessary to start a
diligent implementation of a well-designed ICT in classroom.
Keywords: ICT use, hyper attention, learning method, boredom, education sys-
tem
Introduction
Social modernisation and technological revolution at the turn of 21st cen-
tury have created a rapidly changing environment. Changes in technology
have increased the pace of information exchange and interconnectedness,
brought new forms of employment and standards of education, but most of
all, they have remarkably changed human lifestyle. Due to high brain plas-
ticity in early childhood, susceptibility to environmental factors and lifestyle
is remarkable in children. A general trend that includes much screen-time
with often intense and overly stimulating content, little physical activity and
a disrupted sleep-wake cycle is reaching epidemic proportions. Although the
rapidly changing environment affects us and our everyday behaviour in a
rather obvious manner, recent research pinpoint to a subtler cognitive and
maybe more profound levels, at which changes in this technical age are tak-
ing place. These changes range from navigation skills (Sanders 2017) to how
we use our memory (Storm, Stone, and Benjamin 2017) and length of atten-
tion spans (Christakis et al. 2004).
Štemberger, T., S. Čotar Konrad, S. Rutar in A. Žakelj, ur. 2022. Oblikovanje
inovativnih učnih okolij. Koper: Založba Univerze na Primorskem.
https://doi.org/10.26493/978-961-293-139-1.81-90
