Mobile phones should be banned from classrooms and students should receive reports on their conduct, according to a new report on how to make Swedish classrooms more orderly.
The report, headed up by former teachers’ association president Metta Fjelkner, stated that orderliness and discipline can be improved through a number of changes, Swedish Radio News reports.
One measure is to ban cell phones during class time. Nowadays, teachers can confiscate mobile phones if they somehow interfered with lessons but the proposed ban would let schools completely remove the devices during classes.
The report also proposed reviews of student behavior in junior high and high schools. The reviews would not be the same as a conduct grade given to students at the end of a school term. It would also be up to each individual school to decide if they want to introduce the reviews or not.
Source: Radio Sweden
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