Luckily, some months ago, I had the opportunity to deal with the topic of deep and shallow work, recommended by our project manager Triin. The book written by Cal Newport, discusses the work method of our contemporary society.<\/p>\n
In my opinion, the book was very interesting. I often wonder if today\u2019s students are even capable anymore to work under \u201cdeep work\u201d conditions. Nowadays, society is so distracted by so many technological gadgets and social media; I would even dare say they are addicted. Even I, as I didn\u2019t grow up with all these materials, have the impression to have a responsibility to be available all the time.<\/p>\n
Last year, we introduced a new platform named \u201cTEAMS\u201d at our school. This platform has different features, but one of them is the chat. I downloaded the app on my phone. On the one hand, the application is very practical, because you can answer at any time in any place. But on the other hand, sometimes, I am available for students all the time, and when I get messages at 11 pm or on Sundays when I am with my family, I can\u2019t stop myself from responding. Even when I try to \u201cwork deep\u201d (for instance when I correct students\u2019 homework), I am available all the time. I know I should ban all possibilities of distraction, but the functioning of our contemporary society makes it very hard. Nevertheless I work on myself every day. So I can tell you: I know exactly how students feel while trying to \u201cwork deep\u201d.<\/p>\n
That is the reason why we should raise students\u2019 awareness to this topic. I decided to integrate Cal Newport\u2019s book into my class, to show students how they could work more efficiently. My new advice for my students this year is:\u00a0 \u201cPush yourself to the limits, get out of your comfort zone, that\u2019s where you learn!\u201d<\/p>\n
By Jenny Dr\u00f6sch from Belgium<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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