Below is simply a reprint, an extended article... about nothing.
It means that the editor is worried about the wellness or comfort of her students.
As Mrs. Rybak said,
It's the end of paper textbooks.
Will there truly be no paper books in schools now?
The Ministry of National Education is working on a draft law amending the Education strategy Act and any another laws, which is intended to make the admission of the textbook for school usage dependent on whether it will have its digital counterpart, regardless of the date on which the authorisation was granted.
Note, however, that this is simply a quote from MEN.
The Ministry of National Education is working on a draft law amending the Education strategy Act and any another laws, which is intended to make the admission of the textbook for school usage dependent on whether it will have its digital counterpart, regardless of the date on which the authorisation was granted.
Digitalisation is so intended to cover all school textbooks, thus importantly relieving student bags. However, the question remains: will these textbooks besides be adapted to the needs of students with disabilities?
The editor's question is:
Will these (digital) textbooks besides be adapted to the needs of students with disabilities?
The question asked is completely unfounded, yet the author digs into the subject...
The question asked is completely unfounded, yet the author digs into the subject...
How much should a school bag weigh? Definitely little weight than usual
With the beginning of the school year, for many years the subject of besides dense school backpacks has returned. Polish government does not regulate the issue of the maximum weight of the bag, but according to the recommendations of the Chief Sanitary Inspector (GIS) – so that the weight of the school bag does not harm the wellness of the kid – it should not exceed 10-15 % of the student's body weight. For example: a kid weighing 25 kg should not wear a bag to a school whose weight would exceed 2,5 – 3,75 kg.
author wrongly operates the word "tornistra" alternatively of writing about its content
The subject of besides dense school backpacks returns
Polish government does not regulate the maximum weight of the bag
This is simply a informing signal for us.
The weight of the "tornistra" is mainly the weight of books, notebooks and another materials that the kid in the bag carries plus the weight of the bag itself, the weight of the bag...
I don't know what it looks like in the details of simple school, but I've been watching textbooks for mediate classes, and I know they're luxurious and they're truly heavy.
Today, books are produced on untanned, very advanced quality glossy paper, and it is this paper that is about the weight of books and bags.
Thus, the editor's divisions can be thrown into the basket, due to the fact that the solution to the dense bag problem is not to remove paper books and replace them with a digital version, but to usage another materials to produce textbooks.
I couldn't sleep, so I got up around 1 and started writing it erstwhile I was writing it, it's Sunday night at 01:26 and I hear a black station wagon sweeping the street...
The flaws of modern textbooks.
Modern textbooks frequently have size A4 and are truly heavy, and this is impractical and cumbersome due to the fact that they surely physically tire of holding specified a book in their hands
additionally "heavy" smooth paper puts any opposition erstwhile turning pages, which is in the long run burdensome
The graphic garment is poorly designed, contrary to the principles of typography, colorful intrusions, emphasis, in my opinion they do not help, but hinder focus
Cretaceous paper is not a inexpensive choice, so the price of textbooks is besides higher than could be
My textbooks, whether in simple school or in college, were made of fine light paper and were not heavy, were light and not burdensome in use.
And specified textbooks brought up generations of Poles: scientists, engineers, teachers, etc...
Modern textbooks are made as if they were albums for viewing, e.g. with reproductions of painting, or similar...
The materials utilized are simply not suitable for manual, which is intended to be utilized for regular work, not for occasional browsing.
The most crucial is the content of the textbook, its typographical design, not luxury paper.
This form of textbook should be banned, especially for primary and secondary classes, besides due to the weight.
Unfortunately, the editor completely ignores the fact that it is not the "tornistry" that is besides heavy, but the "luxuriously" published textbooks are besides dense - and that this condition is easy changed by officially influencing the production of books.
As GIS emphasizes – a backpack/tornister appropriately selected for the user's age and not besides burdened, plays a key function in maintaining the correct posture of the child's body, especially during specified an crucial period of form of the body, which is the school age.
However, from a survey conducted in 2023 among 546 students from grades I-VIII of the primary school, by the Płock region Sanitary and Epidemiological Station, it is apparent that only 1⁄4 students obtained the optimal, i.e. 10% standard of body weight weight of the bag. More than half of the students received a standard of up to 15% body weight, while the others, more than 15% of the students, came to school with bags, with a weight of more than 15% of the child's body weight.1 It is apparent (and besides confirmed by the conclusions of the above study) that the overweight of the backpack is influenced by, among another things, the loading of the backpack with paper textbooks which students must take home and then return to school, for example, due to the request to do homework and survey continued in home conditions.
The wellness consequences for children from wearing besides dense backpacks are highly respected – contributes to the formation of posture defects, back problems (leading to spine curvature, or scoliosis), affects the hips, knees and feet. According to the PSEZ in Płock in summary of their studies, the effects of wearing dense backpacks are frequently felt even at mature age, manifested by spine and joint degeneration, abnormalities in the functioning of interior organs and pains in limbs.
As long as digital textbooks do not completely replace textbooks in the paper version (the same – to a large degree – offloading school backpacks) it is so worth controlling the weight of their child's backpack and encouraging them to usage school lockers as much as possible (and leaving unnecessary textbooks and school supplies). In accordance with the Regulation of the Minister of National Education and athletics of 31 December 2002 on safety and hygiene in public and private schools and institutions, it is the work of each manager of the institution to supply a place for students to leave textbooks and school supplies in the premises of the school (e.g. in individual or collective lockers).
I draw attention to the inconsistency of the first sentence, especially the expression:
are very respected
SERIOUS
respected - It's something positive.
The wellness consequences for children from wearing besides dense backpacks are highly respected – contributes to the formation of posture defects, back problems (leading to spine curvature, or scoliosis), affects the hips, knees and feet.
In the present state, the right handbooks must already have their digital counterpart, but not all
In the current legal state, in accordance with Article 22ao(3)(6)a of the Act of 7.09.1991 on the education system, a manual to be permitted for school use, in addition to paper-based development, must besides be digitally reflected, either on an IT average or on the Internet. This request was introduced by the Act of 22.11.2018 on the amendment of the Law – Educational Law, the Law on the Education strategy and certain another laws (Journal of Laws of 2018, item 2245), which entered into force on 1 January 2020.
Students are now able to choose whether to usage the manual in the paper edition – not to usage the digital version. However, this is not an perfect solutionthat would relieve the student backpacks to specified an degree that the problem of their excessive weight would be completely addressed. This is due to the fact that this regulation (and the request for a digital version by a manual) does not apply to textbooks admitted to school before 1 January 2020, which students inactive use. The manuals approved before the abovementioned date do not have their digital counterparts. However, this is not the only problemm "imperfect" – for the minute – to regulate the digitisation of school textbooks. Even for those textbooks which were allowed to be utilized after 1 January 2020 (and in rule have their digital versions), students with disabilities have limited access.
I would point out:
As long as digital textbooks do not completely replace textbooks in the paper version (the same – to a large degree – offloading school backpacks) it is so worth controlling the weight of their child's backpack and encouraging them to usage school lockers as much as possible (and leaving unnecessary textbooks and school supplies).
That conviction doesn't make sense.
Because the content after the hyphen does not mention to the first part of the sentence, it does not connect with it in any way - we know this "failure" from another analyses presented on the blog
Until digital textbooks completely replace paper textbooks
Then what?
is so worth checking the weight of the backpack
These sentences don't connect, it doesn't make sense.
The article is truly long, and not erstwhile does the author come up with the thought to change the weight of textbooks, and she keeps writing about bags - writing very much.
In the present state, the right handbooks must already have their digital counterpart, but not all
In the current legal state, in accordance with Article 22ao(3)(6)a of the Act of 7.09.1991 on the education system, a manual to be permitted for school use, in addition to paper-based development, must besides be digitally reflected, either on an IT average or on the Internet. This request was introduced by the Act of 22.11.2018 on the amendment of the Law – Educational Law, the Law on the Education strategy and certain another laws (Journal of Laws of 2018, item 2245), which entered into force on 1 January 2020.
Students are now able to choose whether to usage the manual in the paper edition – not to usage the digital version. However, this is not an perfect solutionthat would relieve the student backpacks to specified an degree that the problem of their excessive weight would be completely addressed. This is due to the fact that this regulation (and the request for a digital version by a manual) does not apply to textbooks admitted to school before 1 January 2020, which students inactive use. The manuals approved before the abovementioned date do not have their digital counterparts. However, this is not the only problemm "imperfect" – for the minute – to regulate the digitisation of school textbooks. Even for those textbooks which were allowed to be utilized after 1 January 2020 (and in rule have their digital versions), students with disabilities have limited access.
Digital equivalents of textbooks not adapted to the needs of disabled students
The regulation of Article 22ao(1) and (3)(6) and (6)a of the Education Act is underdeveloped for pupils with disabilities, thus not providing them with equal access to digital textbooks, with full-time students. Digital equivalents of textbooks referred to in Article 22ao(3)(6a) (specifically "digital representation of paper manuals") which should have all textbooks authorised for school usage from January 2020 – they are not adapted to the needs of disabled students due to the fact that they do not meet the requirements of alleged digital accessibility. The ‘Digital representation of a paper-based handbook’ is not the same as the electronic handbook which, in accordance with Article 22ao(3)(6) of the Act, must be developed in specified a way as to let the usage of solutions to enable its reading by pupils with different types of disability. In practice – these "digital reflections" turn out to be simple files in the .pdf format, which are not subjected to any additional treatment, do not contain a list of contents or active hyperlinks. specified files do not gotta meet the requirements concerning accessibility for persons with peculiar needs besides under § 3(3) of the Regulation of the Minister of National Education of 3.10.2019 on the admission to usage of school textbooks – which, like the above mentioned provision of the Law on the Education System, concerns only ‘electronic manuals’.
These regulatory gaps force students with disabilities to usage (and carry in backpacks) paper-based textbooks – both for school usage before and after 1 January 2020 (although digital versions are allegedly available).
In this context, erstwhile working on the draft law on the provision of accessibility requirements for certain products and services by economical operators, the Ombudsman suggested that the concept of "electronic books" should besides include "digital representation of paper-based textbooks" to be covered by the work to meet the requirements of digital accessibility and to adapt to the needs of students with disabilities, as well as "electronic manuals". This Act2 has been passed and is awaiting entry into force, but the RPO's postulate has not been taken into account, and consequently, there is simply a hazard that students with disabilities will inactive gotta usage paper textbooks.
Amendment to the Education strategy Act: their digital equivalents are to have all textbooks, regardless of the date of school entry into service
According to the draft law amending the Education strategy Act and any another laws (number in the list of legislative works of the Council of Ministers: UD74), which the Ministry of National Education is presently working on – all textbook allowed for school usage (also before 1 January 2020) is to have its digital counterpart.
According to Deputy Minister of Education Katarzyna Lubnauer, during the gathering of the legislature Committee on Education held on 18 April this year. “We want all textbooks that were allowed for school usage before 2020 to have their digital equivalents. This will enable students to sometimes resign from bringing a textbook from school home."
According to Article 14 of the amendment, textbooks admitted to usage before 1 January 2020, which students proceed to use, will gradually get their digital versions. This will take place on the occasion of the next unchanged edition of the textbook, which will take place after the entry into force of the abovementioned law, and that not all textbooks will gain fresh editions at the same moment, immediately after the entry into force of the amendment – so that digital books completely dispel these in paper version and students can get free of them from their backpacks erstwhile and for all, will gotta wait, certainly, a little.
In accordance with the precise wording of the proposed regulation, in the event of a subsequent unaltered edition of a paper-based textbook, which is permitted for school usage on the basis of a school authorisation application submitted before 1 January 2020, the holder of the copyright to the manual or another rights to usage the work as a manual, shall be required to guarantee that the manual is digitally reflected on the IT average or on the Internet. Furthermore, within 14 days of the date of the next edition of the manual, the aforementioned entity will be required to inform the Minister liable for education and training, indicating the address of the website or the kind of information average on which the digital version of the manual will be made available.
The amendment of the Education strategy Act does not solve the problem of disabled students – will digital equivalents of textbooks be adapted to their needs?
The draft amendment of the Act on the Amendment of the Education strategy Act and of certain another laws, at no point at all, does not mention to the request to adapt "digital textbooks" to the needs of students with disabilities, so that they do not constitute only simple files in the format of .pdf, not subjected to any additional treatment, do not contain a list of contents or active hyperlinks. In the same way as the above problem has not been resolved by the Act of 26.04.2012 on ensuring that certain products and services are available to operators. The Digital reflection of Handbooks, which is utilized by Article 14 of the draft Act amending the Education strategy Act, is not the same as ‘electronic handbooks’ which are subject to the work to make them in specified a way that students with different types of disabilities can read them.
It remains to be hoped that, at the phase of further legislative work on the project, the MEN will address the issue of the availability of the digital version of textbooks besides for students with disabilities, so that they are not discriminated against, in this respect, towards disabled students.
When can regulation introducing the work of digital equivalents for all textbooks be expected to enter into force?
Currently, the draft education strategy law and any another laws are at the phase of mention of the applicant (meaning MEN) to the comments made in the opinion of the regulations. Article 14, which provides for the work to supply a digital version for each subsequent, unchanged edition of the manual – no of the opinioners submitted comments and the Polish Teachership Union explicitly supported the proposed regulations. However, there is inactive a long way to go through almost the full legislative process – starting with the passing of the bill by the Sejm in 3 readings and ending with the President's signature.
In parallel, work is underway to establish a Digital Education Transformation Policy in order to scope out for the EU to accomplish this objective
Digitalisation of all textbooks cannot take place without ensuring access to digital technology and access to the net anywhere in a school where a teacher with students (as well as a teacher or students themselves) wants to usage the technology for educational purposes, taking into account the diversity of children's and students' needs and accessibility rules. To this end, resources are needed and a strategy paper called "Digital Education Transformation Policy" is being produced to this end.
In August 2024, the draft resolution of the Council of Ministers on the establishment of the Digital Transformation of Education policy was addressed to public consultation, opinion and interministerial arrangements. Comments and opinions could be submitted by 28 August 2024. This is simply a paper that the European Commission inactive has to approve. As Deputy Minister Katarzyna Lubnauer said, during the gathering of the legislature Committee on Education on 18 April this year. “We hope that we will adopt it at the turn of the second and 3rd quarters of this year, so that the next return for European funds can take place by the mediate of this year.” The aim of this, indeed, has not been achieved, but the task is inactive under way.
One of the identified, childhood crucial areas of Policy action is to supply digital teaching resources and equip them with students, teachers and schools. According to the impact assessment, "The biggest challenge for the authorities moving the school is the modern equipment of computer labs and ensuring that there are adequate computers (laptops, tablets) with constant net access in each classroom. The provision of software, classical and fresh digital technologies and another devices and materials to pupils, teachers and schools should be closely linked to and subordinate to the objectives to be pursued." Without a adequate number of efficient laptops or tablets with net access – there is no mention of any education without utilizing paper textbooks.
The policy besides assumes "the improvement of the concept of a model interactive electronic manual for various subjects, as the digital mapping of the manual presently created does not meet modern standards of electronic resources". Is it a light in the tunnel to satisfy the needs of students with disabilities?
The Policy Action Plan besides includes: fresh portable computers or tablets for primary schools at the disposal of students and the extension or modernization of networks inside school buildings to be completed by the end of 2026.
I would like to point out that your editor is not curious in the fact that erstwhile watching the "digital manual" on the screen, for example, the children will be exposed to wellness problems.
- impaired imagination by looking at the monitor for hours
- back problems with the incorrect attitude in front of the monitor
Quite missed - on 13 July - I reprinted a blog article on this subject from El Pais magazine.
Eyesight - smartphones not for children.
The eyesight of the planet is deteriorating: by 2050 50% of the population will have shortsightedness
Experts point out that the abuse of screens and the decline of outdoor activity are only any of the factors behind the growth of the disease, which, if not corrected, increases the hazard of blindness
Australian scientists who estimated the incidence of near-sightedness by 2050 agree that the expected increase is mainly due to environmental factors related to education, mainly lifestyle changes resulting from a combination of reduced outdoor time and increased sighting tasks.
Scientists say that genetic factors play a role, but this variable itself cannot explain the advanced rate of expansion of nearsightedness in the world.
Among another environmental factors, scientists besides point out that "so-called education systems under advanced pressure, especially at a very young age in countries specified as Singapore, Korea, Taiwan and China, can be the origin of lifestyle change, as can the excessive usage of electronic devices to near".
Among another environmental factors, scientists besides point out that "so-called education systems under advanced pressure, especially at a very young age in countries specified as Singapore, Korea, Taiwan and China, can be the origin of lifestyle change, as can the excessive usage of electronic devices to near".
Other mentioned causes include the level of light that can be associated with the time spent by children in the open air, or even diet.
"The light from the screens, wearing glasses, does not harm the eye. But the abuse of screens favors [these optical problems]. If we had utilized the screens well, it wouldn't be a problem. But present children abuse them more often," says Fernández-Vega Cueto-Felgueroso.
Alarcón besides argues that the abuse of screens and lower vulnerability to the sun are liable for expanding myopia.
Alarcón besides argues that the abuse of screens and lower vulnerability to the sun are liable for expanding myopia.
"When we look up close, we make an extra effort to focus, and that gives [eye] an incentive to develop. There are no studies that show that 1 origin affects more than another, but there are studies in China that show that teaching in the open air, exposing children to the light of the surroundings, helps reduce the advancement of shortsightedness," says Alarcón.
people with advanced myopia are 20 times more likely to be detached during their life than those with average sight. "The mesh covering the inside of the eye becomes so tense that it can appear and there is simply a greater hazard of retinal detachment," explains the ophthalmologist.
Given this risk, experts call for urgent action. As for prevention, Alarcón says, "The only effective thing is to execute more outdoor activity while limiting sighting tasks".
Given this risk, experts call for urgent action. As for prevention, Alarcón says, "The only effective thing is to execute more outdoor activity while limiting sighting tasks".
Does the author give this quote from MEN that
Is this the end of the paper textbooks?
Because I didn't notice.
This full thing's a mess.It reminds me of the police's air-blowed messages about reflectors... and more.
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Right Eye: Eyesight - smartphones not for children. (maciejsynak.blogspot.com)
