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Our Children Can't Read: How digital media is undermining education and the soul of learning

Our Children Can't Read: How digital media is undermining education and the soul of learning

Chen, Yan Shan
Naicker, Brendon

Paperback

General Education

ISBN13: 9798291158937
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Jul 5 2025
Pages: 66
Weight: 0.16
Height: 0.14 Width: 5.00 Depth: 8.00
Language: English
THEY CAN SCROLL, BUT THEY CAN'T READ - AND IT'S NOT THEIR FAULT

A quiet catastrophe is unfolding in our classrooms. Children who navigate smartphones with instinctive ease struggle to parse a simple paragraph. Teenagers who spend seven hours a day glued to screens find themselves unable to concentrate long enough to finish a chapter. Teachers across the country report pupils who've lost the capacity for sustained reading - not because they've grown less clever, but because their minds have been fundamentally rewired.

This isn't merely an educational issue. It's a human crisis. In Our Children Can't Read, Brendon Naicker reveals:

  • How digital devices are shortening attention spans to below that of a goldfish
  • Why multitasking is a dangerous illusion - with neuroscience proving it damages memory and heightens anxiety
  • The way algorithms reduce learning to bite-sized content and students to data points
  • How screens are starving young minds of the depth, patience and contemplation that make us truly human
Yet all is not lost. Drawing on cutting-edge neuroscience, timeless wisdom and revolutionary solutions - from ancient reading practices to screen-free classrooms - this book offers a way forward. Discover:

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