P&P #35. Is the Attention Span of Children When Learning Sporting and Other Skills as Short as Is Claimed?
Sports coaches are always warned to teach children sporting skills in short learning sessions, because psychological research apparently has revealed that children cannot concentrate on any given task as well as an adult. Yet, we have all seen that many children can play the same computer game for hours without break or watch TV all day, if they are not controlled. We need no further psychological research to determine that children CAN CONCENTRATE for very prolonged periods. Moreover, very young gymnasts and ballerinas voluntarily spend hours practising their skills. Are the psychologists wrong and should we teach children sporting skills in a less patronising way?
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