Transcript TEACHER TRAINING CENTRE IASI QUESTIONNAIRE APPLIED TO PARENTS REGARDING THE EXCESSIVE CHILDREN USE OF THE INTERNET STATISTIC STUDY - 2010 Target group: 40 parents, who.

TEACHER TRAINING CENTRE IASI
QUESTIONNAIRE APPLIED TO PARENTS
REGARDING THE EXCESSIVE CHILDREN USE
OF THE INTERNET
STATISTIC STUDY - 2010
Target group: 40 parents, who took part
in the two training courses in the project
I.
PERSONAL DATA OF THE QUESTIONED
PARENTS
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Sex:
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Area:
□ Male: 10 persons
□ Female: 30 persons
Urban area: 30
Rural area: 10
 Age:
□ < 35 - 2 persons (2 f)
□ 35-40 - 11 persons (3m / 8 f)
□ 41-45 - 14 persons (1 m / 13 f)
□ 46-50 – 5 persons (2 m / 3 f)
□ 51-55 - 7 persons (3 m / 4 f)
□ > 56 -1 persons (1 m)
f = female
m = male
DISTRIBUTION OF PARENTS ON
AGE CATEGORIES
14
12
10
Eas t
8
We s t
6
North
4
South
2
0
35ani
40
45
50
Level of study
Professional school – 9 persons
High school – 17
University – 5
Master degree – 8
Ph.D. - 1
Profession
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Teacher – 7 persons
Schoolmasters - 8 persons
Weaver - 1 person
Typographer - 1 person
Administrator - 3 persons
Auto electrician - 1 person
Social assistant - 1 person
Cashier - 1 person
Nurses - 3 persons
Manufacturer - 1 person
Profession
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Storekeeper – 1 person
Manager - 1 person
Economist – 2 persons
Priest - 1 person
Constructor - 1 person
Physician - 1 person
Lecturer - 1 person
Secretary - 1 person
Caster - 1 person
Not specified - 3 persons
Number of children per parent
23 parents / 1 child
 8 parents / 2 children
 5 parents / 3 children
 4 parents / more than 3 children
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Number of children per parent
25
20
15
Eas t
10
We s t
5
North
0
1child
3childre n
Do you have a PC at home?
□ Yes – 40 persons
□ No - 0
If yes, do you have an Internet connection?
□ Yes – 39 persons (10 m and 29 f)
□ No – 1 person (f)
II. LEVEL OF PARENTS’ KNOWLEDGE
REGARDING THE INTERNET
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1- 3 persons
2 – 8 persons
3 – 14 persons
4 – 11 persons
5 – 4 persons
1=very low
2=low
3=medium
4=good
5=very good
29 have medium/good/very good level of
knowledge
Sources
for knowledge regarding the use of Internet
Seminars –
specialized
courses
Personal use of
the Internet
1(9 pers.) 2 (2 pers.) 3 (5 pers.) 4 (5 pers.) 5 (5 pers)
Didn’t answer (14 pers.)
1(2 pers.) 2 (5 pers.) 3(15 pers.) 4 (5 pers.) 5 (6 pers.)
Didn’t answer (7 pers.)
Specialized
readings
1(11 pers.) 2(3 pers.) 3 (4 pers.) 4 (3 pers.) 5 (1 pers.)
Didn’t answer (18 pers.)
From my children
1(7 pers.) 2(6 pers.) 3 (12 pers.) 4 (2 pers.) 5 (1 pers.)
Didn’t answer (12 pers.)
From friends
1(7 pers.) 2 (8 pers.) 3 (4 pers.) 4 (1 pers.) 5 (1 pers.)
Didn’t answer (19 pers)
Other sources
(mention them)
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33 parents – from the personal use
Means of parents’ PC use
Internet search 90,5%
Yes (38 persons)
No (2 persons)
E-mail use
70,5%
Yes(30 persons)
No (10 persons)
Music
download
60,6%
Yes(26 persons)
No (14 persons)
The measure in which parents
are aware of the risks of the Internet use
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1 - 2 persons
2 – 1 persons
3 – 12 persons
4 – 9 persons
5 – 14 persons
Didn’t answer – 2 persons
Most of them are aware of the risks
Hierarchy of the danger sources in the
excessive use of the Internet
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Access on sites with illegal, immoral, violent, racist
content etc.: 34 pers.- 80,5%
Spam messages (threat, sexual harassment etc.):
30 pers.- 70,5%
Participation in Internet frauds: 30 pers.- 70,5 %
Unsecured financial transactions: 28 pers.- 70,0%
Internet addiction: 28 pers.- 70,0%
Direct communication with unknown persons (in
chat rooms, blogs, MSN etc.): 28 pers.- 70,0%
Intensity of parents’ Internet use
Most of them use the Internet only once or twice/week
14
12
10
East
8
West
6
North
4
3-D Column 4
2
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sub 3 ore
over 3 h
1-2 /w eek
rarely
no
III. CHILDREN’S INTERNET USE DANGERS
APPRECIATION
Age groups
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9 years –
10 years –
11 years –
12 years –
13 years –
14 years –
15 years –
16 years –
17 years –
18 years –
19 years –
21 years –
4 persons
2 persons
2 persons
5 persons
3 persons
5 persons
3 persons
4 persons
2 persons
5 persons
4 persons
1 person
Children’s Internet intensity use
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Less than 3 hours per day – 16 persons
Over 3 hours per day – 12 persons
Once or twice per week – 8 persons
Once or twice per month – 1 person
Once or twice per year – 0 persons
Do not know / Not certain – 1 person
Other (please specify) – during free time – 2
persons
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East
West
North
Coloană 3-D 4
under 3 h
over 3 h
1-2/week
rarely
Conclusion
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Throughout comparison of the way parents
see the intensity of the Internet use, we must
show that they consider the Internet use of
their children is more frequent than their own
use
Location
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In respect to the location from which the children
access the Internet, the parents show that the
great majority of children access the Internet from
home:
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21 persons indicate level 5 of home access
3 pers. indicate level 4
9 pers. indicate level 3
5 pers. level 2
2 pers. indicate level 1
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Time of day
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In the morning: Yes -2 pers.
Do not know / Not sure -21pers.
Noon:
Yes -3 pers.
Do not know / Not sure -23 pers.
In the afternoon: Yes -28 pers.
Do not know / Not sure -10 pers.
In the evening: Yes -26 pers.
Do not know / Not sure -10pers.
After midnight: Yes -0 pers.
Do not know / Not sure: 24 pers.
No -17 pers.
No -14 pers.
No -2 pers.
No -4 pers.
No -16 pers.
The great majority of children access the
Internet in the afternoon and in the evening.
Place of the computer
□ in his/ her room – 21 persons
□ in parent’s room – 7 persons
□ in common rooms (ex. living room) – 12
persons
The great majority of children placed the
computer in their own room
That is why some of the parents cannot be
around their children when they use the
Internet
Children’s surveillance
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20 persons state that they can be around
their children when using the Internet.
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15 persons state that they cannot be
around their children when using the
Internet.
□ Didn’t answer - 5 persons
The greatest danger
Access of sites with illegal,
immoral, violent, racist content
etc.
5(36 pers.)
90,0%
Other dangers for children
Direct communication with
unknown persons
(in chat rooms, blog, msn etc.)
5 (35 pers.)
80,7%
Participation in Internet frauds
5 (35 pers.)
80,7%
Unsecured financial transactions
5 (31 pers.)
70,7%
Danger for health
5 (31 pers
70,7%
Spam messages (threats, sexual
harassment etc.)
5 (31 pers.)
70,7%
IV. MEASURES PARENTS’ TOOK FOR THEIR
CHILDREN’S PROTECTION
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28 persons state that the children have never
been in any danger during the Internet use
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12 persons state that they have been notified by
their children about this kind of dangers
□ Yes – 12 persons
□ No – 28 persons
Identified dangers
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Communication with unknown persons – 3 persons
Personal data theft trial – 3 persons
You access a site and you find porn – 3 persons
Violent sites– 1 person
Viruses messages – 2 persons
Games addiction – 1 person
The most useful measures of protection
Installation of antivirus programs
5 /30 pers.
Parents’ surveillance in the case when children access
chat rooms, bloggs, msn etc.
5 /32 pers.
Regular verification of the computer by parents in order
to identify the documents with suspect content
5 /31 pers.
Installation of some software and e-mail filters (by
parents)
5 /31 pers.
Internet activity reports provided by certain services (ex.
MSN Premium)
5 /29 pers.
Children’s information in school about the dangers of
Internet
5 /35 pers.
Interdiction for children to access the Internet
5 /22 pers.
Other methods (please specify):
Making children aware of the right use of computers
1/2 pers.
Children protection measures taken
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Child education – 1 person
Selection of option together with the parents - 1 person
Internet access only in the afternoon - 1 person
Discussions on the dangers with the child – 2 persons
Limitation of children’s access time – 7 persons
Personal example of parents – 1 person
Introduction of computer password – 1 person
Introduction of filters/firewalls for illegal and immoral sites –
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Surveillance/ monitoring/ verification of child’s activities – 15
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Permanent communication with the child – 18 persons
Making children aware of the risks – 3 persons
Restrictions in accessing some Internet sites – 1 person
Do not know - 2 persons
Didn’t take any measure - 4 persons
I trust my child - 1 person
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3 persons
persons
Degree of children protection
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1
2
3
4
5
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1 person
4 persons
10 persons
13 persons
12 persons
35 parents considered that they have a
medium/good/very good level of children
protection
Conclusion
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The data obtained from this study lead to the
conclusion that the publication of a guide is
necessary; the guide will facilitate the
understanding of each child’s personality, in
order to avoid any kind of danger which could
show up in the children’s lives.
This study was achieved by prof. Maricica Buzescu
prof. Ileana Savinescu
Teacher Training Centre Iasi