“Excess of information is directly related to lack of
attention." (1977-Herbert Simón).
Teachers find it tougher every time to make students
be able to focus attention and quit
another issue, above all when it comes to teenagers and kids.
Focused attention improves learning and academic
performance.
When we get to keep apart from distractors and we
focus on learning, our brain relates the new pieces of information to the ones
we already keeps and allows new neuronal connections.
Children repeat
names and vocabulary we teach them when they are able to pay attention,
otherwise they will quickly forget.
Speaking to
kids using a doll or a puppet is a useful method to get kids to pay attention
and not to be absentminded. (Focus-Daniel Goleman)
At a congress held in Silicon Valley, the speaker
asked how many attendees were "connected" or checking their portable
devices. Result: 78% of attendees. The
speaker called that state ”continuous partial attention”. When this state is extended in our mind, we may
eventually lose the capacity of whole capacity of concentration and tasks attention-oriented
will be harder and harder for us. To improve the lack of attention we should
devote some time to portable devices every day and use the rest of the time to
ignore them and focus on other activities.
