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In this paper, I examine the issue of sleep patterns in middle year students, specifically how a lack of sleep might impact on attendance and learning with early school start times. The context for this examination is Darwin in the Northern Territory, where school start times are from 8:00 to 8:30 a.m. I have memories of my schooling experience in Ireland where student tiredness did not seem to be a problem in the early part of the school day. In my placement experience in a Northern Territory school, however, I was struck by the number of students coming to class late or looking tired and not ready for learning. The issue is complex, and I look at what the research says about this issue as well as undertake student surveys to find out possible factors affecting sleep patterns for teenagers and whether schools should consider more flexible school start times for this age group.
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Curtis, F. (2019). Understanding the Impact of Mobile Phones and iPads on the Sleep Patterns of Adolescents in the Twenty-First Century. In: Geng, G., Smith, P., Black, P., Budd, Y., Disney, L. (eds) Reflective Practice in Teaching. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-9475-1_26
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