Watching short videos does not affect learning
Minors use short videos to gain the most knowledge of talents and specialties
Source: China Youth Daily
What can children gain through short videos?
Does watching short videos affect learning?
This may be a concern of many parents.
The “Characteristics and Protection of the Use of Short Videos for Primary and Middle School Students” released by the China Youth Research Center shows that minors use short videos to obtain the most knowledge of talents and specialties.
Grouped by academic performance, the frequency of using short videos by primary and middle school students is high at both ends and low in the middle. That is, students with upper and lower academic performances use short videos more frequently.
Minors use short videos to gain the most knowledge of talents and specialties
Statistics found that minors use short videos to acquire knowledge of talents and specialties such as painting, dancing, calligraphy and calligraphy, the most (67.1%), followed by course-related tutoring and learning knowledge (64.1%), beauty, fitness, cooking and other life Skill knowledge ranks third, and science knowledge in humanities or natural sciences ranks lower (59.3%).
The analysis of different groups found that boys learn more about popular science knowledge through short videos, while girls learn more about talents, assisted learning, and life skills.
The proportion of urban minors in acquiring all kinds of knowledge is higher than that of rural minors, and the biggest difference is in popular science.
Learning with short videos is an important way for minors to acquire knowledge in the Internet age.
This method brings rich content and convenient interaction for minors, but there are also some drawbacks.
Statistics found that most minors can objectively view the advantages and disadvantages of learning using short videos, and especially agree that short videos are beneficial to broadening their knowledge.
65.6% of minors believe that short videos are beneficial to expand their knowledge.
58.4% of minors think that video-based learning is very interesting, and 57.6% of minors think that short videos can be explained by experts or authorities.
However, with regard to the view that short videos can use fragmented time to learn, the approval rate of minors is not high, and the proportion is less than half (45.3%).
Only 28.8% of minors agree that short videos are good for concentration.
More than 30% of minors believe that short videos have problems such as lack of knowledge accuracy and lack of quality content.
Minors believe that the main disadvantage of using short videos is poor time management
Minors think that the use of short videos is very helpful for obtaining information and enriching hobbies, but it makes time management worse.
This study investigated the life changes of minors after using short videos.
The data shows that most minors believe that the use of short videos will have some impact on their studies, living habits, consumer behavior, personal information protection, etc. The biggest impact is the deterioration of time management, accounting for 43.2%.
In addition, 37.4% of people believed that learning worsened, 24.8% of their living habits worsened, 18.5% of personal information protection worsened, and 17.4% of consumer behavior worsened.
These also deserve our special attention.
The study also found that students with poor grades are more exposed to short videos.
The proportion of students with high grades in the class being exposed to short videos is 59.4%, while the proportion of students with inferior or lower grades being exposed to short videos is 70.2% and 71.2% respectively, which are more than 10% different from those with high grades Percentage points.
Grouped according to academic performance, the frequency of using short videos by primary and middle school students is high at both ends and low in the middle, that is, students with high, middle, and low academic performance often use short videos more frequently, and all three are 10% the above.
Among them, 12.4% of students with high grades frequently use short videos, 10.9% of students with low grades frequently use short videos, and 14.1% of students with low grades.
However, the proportion of students with upper-middle and middle-level grades is less than 10%.
This may be because students with good grades have less pressure on learning and are more autonomous in entertainment time and content, while students with poor grades may indulge in short videos for longer due to stress.
In the digital age, empowering minors is more important than protecting minors in a safe environment.
Parents and teachers should use a variety of methods to cultivate the civic literacy of minors in the digital age.
In this process, it is necessary to give full play to the self-management ability and initiative of minors, to give minors the opportunity to practice and try, and to balance the right of protection and participation, so that minors can do well. Realizing the right to participate can be protected. Under the guidance of adults, learn the qualities that citizens should have in the digital age and enhance the resilience of minors in the digital world.
Sun Hongyan and Li Jiayue Source: China Youth Daily
November 05, 2020 Version 10