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Education needs to adapt to declining attention spans
['Anna Barsukova', 'Kristina Gardner', 'Natalia Orantes-Santiago']
The Runner
Universities should adapt teaching methods and styles for shorter attention spans, not lower academic standards.
Changing teaching methods is the best solution.
A Pew Research survey found that nearly 75 per cent of teachers believe the internet and search engines have a “mostly positive” impact on students’ research skills.
The goal is not to make the university education fit into the length of a TikTok, but to use modern teaching methods to help students focus deeply again.
Interactive learning is not meant to replace deep learning, but become a tool that helps students return to it.