{"product_id":"digital-delusion","title":"Jared Cooney Horvath: The Digital Delusion [2026]","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn urgent, deeply researched reckoning with the role of tech in our classrooms - from neuroscientist, researcher and former teacher Dr Jared Cooney Horvath.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Terrifying and essential reading.' \u003c\/b\u003eHUGH GRANT, BAFTA-Winning Actor and Education Advocate\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Not anti-tech, but pro-learning. If you are an educator or a parent, you'll want to read this book.' \u003c\/b\u003eJONATHAN HAIDT, bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Anxious Generation\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e----\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eOur children are struggling. Is classroom technology to blame?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor the first time in recent history, children are falling behind previous generations on many key measures of learning and cognitive development.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSchools, once alive with human connection, are now dominated by screens and digital tools. The result is unmistakable: falling performance, fractured attention, and the slow erosion of rigorous thought.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHere, neuroscientist and educator Dr Jared Cooney Horvath reveals how the widespread use of laptops, learning apps, and classroom AI is undermining how children learn and develop. Drawing on decades of research, he exposes the myths driving the rise of 'EdTech' to show:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhy pupils who use computers at school every day \u003cb\u003escore up to a year and a half behind their peers\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow \u003cb\u003eon-screen reading causes a collapse in learning\u003c\/b\u003e, triggering a shift from deep comprehension to shallow skimming.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhat AI is doing to classrooms - accelerating cognitive outsourcing and \u003cb\u003eencouraging shallow thinking and overconfidence\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut it isn't too late to fight back. Horvath lays out a clear path for putting people - not programmes - back at the centre of education, offering practical strategies for families to reassess device use at home and for educators to restore attention-rich learning environments.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eHis book is not a call to reject technology. It's a call to reclaim real learning.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e---\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Empowers us to fight back to bring learning back to our schools.' \u003c\/b\u003eANNA LEMBKE, bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eDopamine Nation\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A thoughtful and important takedown that every parent should read. It will liberate you - and change how you think about your children's learning.' \u003c\/b\u003eJOHANN HARI, bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eStolen Focus\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Horvath, Jared Cooney","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":54086975422803,"sku":"9781529999389","price":22.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/9781529999389.jpg?v=1782325228","url":"https:\/\/chaptersbookstore.com\/products\/digital-delusion","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}