Review article
THE INFLUENCE OF MODERN TECHNOLOGY ON CHILDREN AND THEIR EDUCATION
Marija Simić
; International Research Academy of Sciences and Arts, Belgrade
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Abstract
In this paper I will tackle an issue that many of us encounter today - the excessive use of the internet and social media, examine how it affects children and young people. The excessive use of gadgets such as: smartphones, the internet, games and social networks became a necessity for any child nowadays. As one can imagine it is
becoming a global issue. This use of modern technology greatly reduces the time which the child should spend learning and receiving information, furthermore it prevented the children in question from receiving good quality education and it reduces them to experiencing mediocre education instead. Firstly, I would like to point out that throughout my research - the children who were seriously invested in playing instruments and quality music, were far less likely
to be addicted to games and gadgets compared to those who were not.
Playing the instrument itself contributes to the development and enlargement of the frontal cortex as well as the acceleration of the function of synapses in the brain, which is in direct opposition to what we see when we look at how the brain reacts to the addiction to games and the Internet (in this case there is a reduction of the frontal
cortex and lack of short and long term memory [2]). The solution to this problem is the inclusion of musical cognition in the child’s education, from the earliest age. In order to achieve this in the best possible way, it is necessary to have certain factors in balance, which I will deal in this paper.
Keywords
Music, education, innovations, youth, advancement, modern technologies
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343961
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Publication date:
15.9.2021.
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