Case 1: Ring, Ring, Ring, Ban-anaphone!

Question 1

Overview: California has passed legislation requiring public schools to limit cell phone use. States like _____, ______, _______, and ________ have passed a similar law.

Answer 1

Ohio, Pennsylvania, Louisiana, and Oklahoma

Question 2

Core Question: Case 1 - Bananaphone

Answer 2

Is it ethically justifiable for public schools to severely limit or ban cell phones?

Question 3

Stance: It IS ethically justified because the potential benefits to students’ _______ and _________ far outweigh the restrictions on their _________.

Answer 3

mental health and academic performance, autonomy

Question 4

Stance clarification: We want to clarify that our stance does not prevent students using phones outside the class time to _______ OR _______ that may require them

Answer 4

Call their parents, during guided instruction times

Question 5

Framework: Framework: We would like to draw on NYU social psychologist Jonathan Haidt’s Moral Foundations Theory - where he argues that the ways we view policies developed through evolution into the moral frameworks we hold today. It suggests that moral reasoning is grounded in five core values: ___, fairness, _______, authority, ______, and liberty. This issue centers on balancing care and authority against liberty.

Answer 5

care, _____, loyalty, ____, sanctity, and liberty

Question 6

Crazy Falcons Love Ancient Symbols Lethargically

Answer 6

Care, Fairness, Loyalty, Authority, Sanctity, Liberty

Question 7

Care = Today, this looks like prioritizing students’ well-being by _____ ________ and ____ _____ _____

Answer 7

• minimizing distractions
  -minimizing mental health risks

Question 8

Care = originally, we evolved to protect and care for ______ in their distress, which developed into ______ and _____

Answer 8

• Children
• kindness
  -compassion

Question 9

Authority = adaptively came from ________ in relationships

Answer 9

• beneficial hierarchy

Question 10

Authority = Today, this looks like benefitting from the authority of a school to foster a ____________ as they ___________

Answer 10

• productive learning environment
• uphold their responsibility

Question 11

The London School of Economics found a _____ improvement in ______ after schools banned phones, with _______ students benefiting the most.

(Argument 2: Academic Performance)

Answer 11

• 6.4%
• test scores
• low- achieving

Question 12

A peer-reviewed study published in _________, found that students with phones perform ______ than those without, even when the phones were not actively used.

The mere presence of phones drains ______ as students constantly battle their urge to check it.

(Argument 2: Academic Performance)

Answer 12

• Educational Psychology
  -worse
  -drains mental energy

Question 13

Counterargument 3: Detractors maintain that the rise in anxiety or depression is better explained through _________.

Answer 13

decreased stigma

Question 14

A peer-reviewed study from ______ found that students allowed to use phones in class suffered a_____ in attention span → diminished _______ and overall academic performance.

(Argument 2: Academic Performance)

Answer 14

• Computers and Education
• 20% reduction
  -retention of material

Question 15

Counterargument 3: If reduced stigma were the sole cause, we would expect to see a steady rise in reported mental health conditions over several decades. But the data shows there was a ________ in these rates in the 1990s and _______.

Furthermore, there was a ______ around the ______, which coincides with the widespread adoption of smartphones and social media.

Answer 15

• decrease or stablization
• early 2000s
• sharp increase
• 2010s