#2 | Ban Phones from Classrooms? Attention Spans, Teachers, & How to Redesign Schools to Reach 21st Century Students - w/ Jerome Hunter

Here’s a dirty little secret: Every educator, even the master teachers, are struggling to keep their students attentive and engaged. And research shows our male students are paying the heaviest price for it.

In the era of the smartphone, how do we combat decreased attention spans? Design.

In this episode, we cover

1. How to redesign schools to keep pace with a rapidly changing world

   
   



2. How teachers can create enough excitement to match the dopamine hits students are getting from their phones

   
   



3. Some restorative justice practices you can implement in your school

   
   



4. What helicopter parents and phones in schools have in common

   
   



5. Techniques Jerome uses with Black and brown male students that can be applied to all students - now that students are carrying more anxiety than ever before

   
   

(0:00) Class in session

(1:50) Get to know Jerome’s teacher mask

(13:40) Phone addiction and dopamine

(17:25) Relationships, and restorative justice/restorative practices in schools

(25:30) Design, architecture, spaces, and reimagining classrooms

(34:00) Academic Stamina/Should we ban phone usage in schools and classrooms?

(46:15) Helicopter parents

(50:30) Techniques Jerome uses with Black and brown male students in the classroom that can be applied to all students

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