Parents as Agents of Influence on Children's Digital Skills Development
| Autor: | Liudmila Zaichenko, Irina Pisarenko |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Medical education
ict-attitudes children digital skills 05 social sciences parental ict-mediation 050301 education 050801 communication & media studies General Medicine Digital skills HM401-1281 0508 media and communications parents digital competence Sociology (General) Psychology digital attitudes 0503 education |
| Zdroj: | Интеракция. Интервью. Интерпретация, Vol 13, Iss 2, Pp 54-80 (2021) |
| ISSN: | 2687-0401 2307-2075 |
| DOI: | 10.19181/inter.2021.13.2.4 |
| Popis: | Transition to the digital environment transforms the schemas of social interaction including the relationship between parents and their children. Many parents who lack digital competence however are called upon to become agents of ‘digital socialization’ for their kids who step into the world of gadgets from an early age.Current study explores parents competence (including, digital); their attitudes towards developing digital competence of their children; their coping strategies in the situations of child addiction to the digital gadgets, computer games and the Internet use; as well as their request to the education system in line with its ubiquitous digitalization. As a research method the authors have chosen the two-stage survey in which 118 participants took part — the parents of elementary school students. The data was analyzed quantitatively and qualitatively. As a result the parents were clustered into several groups on the basis of: their digital attitudes (supporters and antagonists) and their level of digital competence (low-medium-high). Further the data was analyzed within each cluster. The study has revealed that the majority of parents report themselves as competent (60%) or highly competent (17%) digital users. Positive relationships were identified between the parents' digital competence level and 1) their digital attitudes — the higher the level of competence — the more positive were the attitudes; 2) parents active participation in their children’s digital skills development and acknowledging children’s agency in the process of digital self-education. The results reflect the range of parents' opinions which must be taken into account when assisting families in the process of child development and socialization. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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