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ICT and Children’s Leisure Time
needed to limit the time spent on those devices, especially to children in de-
velopment. Parents must provide as much evolutionary accordant and out-
door activities as possible to children. This will enable children to develop
their overall abilities.
Based on the results of our research, we can conclude that respondents
spend too much time in front of various ICT devices and not enough time
outdoors or at least doing physical activity. During the day 36.4 of respon-
dents watch TV one to three hours a daily, 18.3 of respondents more than
five hours daily during the week. During weekends 34.9 of respondents
watch TV from one to three hours, 26 of respondents from three to five
hours, and 12.2 of respondents more than five hours. From the results of
our research about watching TV we can conclude that on kids watch TV more
during the weekends.
On weekdays 11.3 of respondents use the smartphone from one to three
hours a day and 3.5 of respondents use it from three to five hours a day.
On weekends, 16.7 use the smartphone from one to three hours daily and
5.4 of respondents use it from three to five hours. The results show that the
use of smart phone over the weekend is the rising. Regarding the PC 18.8
of respondents uses them from one to three hours, 3.2 of respondents from
three to five hours, and 2.2 of more than five hours. During weekends com-
puter 26.3 of respondents use them from one to three hours, 6.8 use them
from three to five hours, and 5 of respondents use then more than five
hours. Results show that the use of computers is increasing over the week-
end. 8.5 of respondents do not even play outside during the week, and
25.2 do so less than an hour. During the weekends the situation is even
worst: 5.6 of respondents does not play, and 13.4 of respondents plays
less than one hour daily.
It can be concluded that respondents over the weekend longer watch tele-
vision, use the computer and smartphones that that, unfortunately, there are
still subjects that even during the week even over the weekend cannot play
outside. The problem now is clear and is much deeper of the micro data we
presented in this paper and question is: what now? We propose a new ap-
proach to schooling and to parent education. Our approach will include part
of the Montessori, Waldorf and Dewey point of view combined with what we
have today as new scientific knowledge.
References
American Psychological Association. ‘Social Networking’s Good and Bad Im-
pacts on Kids.’ ScienceDaily, 7 August. htttp://www.sciencedaily.com
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needed to limit the time spent on those devices, especially to children in de-
velopment. Parents must provide as much evolutionary accordant and out-
door activities as possible to children. This will enable children to develop
their overall abilities.
Based on the results of our research, we can conclude that respondents
spend too much time in front of various ICT devices and not enough time
outdoors or at least doing physical activity. During the day 36.4 of respon-
dents watch TV one to three hours a daily, 18.3 of respondents more than
five hours daily during the week. During weekends 34.9 of respondents
watch TV from one to three hours, 26 of respondents from three to five
hours, and 12.2 of respondents more than five hours. From the results of
our research about watching TV we can conclude that on kids watch TV more
during the weekends.
On weekdays 11.3 of respondents use the smartphone from one to three
hours a day and 3.5 of respondents use it from three to five hours a day.
On weekends, 16.7 use the smartphone from one to three hours daily and
5.4 of respondents use it from three to five hours. The results show that the
use of smart phone over the weekend is the rising. Regarding the PC 18.8
of respondents uses them from one to three hours, 3.2 of respondents from
three to five hours, and 2.2 of more than five hours. During weekends com-
puter 26.3 of respondents use them from one to three hours, 6.8 use them
from three to five hours, and 5 of respondents use then more than five
hours. Results show that the use of computers is increasing over the week-
end. 8.5 of respondents do not even play outside during the week, and
25.2 do so less than an hour. During the weekends the situation is even
worst: 5.6 of respondents does not play, and 13.4 of respondents plays
less than one hour daily.
It can be concluded that respondents over the weekend longer watch tele-
vision, use the computer and smartphones that that, unfortunately, there are
still subjects that even during the week even over the weekend cannot play
outside. The problem now is clear and is much deeper of the micro data we
presented in this paper and question is: what now? We propose a new ap-
proach to schooling and to parent education. Our approach will include part
of the Montessori, Waldorf and Dewey point of view combined with what we
have today as new scientific knowledge.
References
American Psychological Association. ‘Social Networking’s Good and Bad Im-
pacts on Kids.’ ScienceDaily, 7 August. htttp://www.sciencedaily.com
147
