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use of information and communication technology at fifth ikt rešitve in storitve | ict solutions and services
graders of elementary school
Tina Demšar
Community Health Centre dr. Adolfa Drolca Maribor, Ulica talcev 9, 2000 Maribor,
Slovenia
Introduction: As health education providers for children and adolescents, we
have been facing the problem of excessive use of information and communica-
tion technologies in children and adolescents in elementary schools for several
years. We have always been interested in this issue, so we conducted a survey
in four elementary schools with fifth graders, as we wanted to prove that chil-
dren over-use all kinds of technology and the Internet.
Methods: We used a quantitative method of work. Fifth graders aswered
structured printed questionnaire consisting of 22 questions independently dur-
ing the class hours in December 2018 in the elementary school they attended.
173 students from the fifth grade of elementary school participated in the sur-
vey; 86 boys and 87 girls.
Results: The results showed that they use ICT excessively, and that the results
of boys are worse than girls, which we also expected from the experience.
Discussion and conclusions: We are in the range of ICT that makes life easier
for many of us, but we are not aware that the overuse of it can quickly turn in-
to addiction. Children need restrictions when they use it, which unfortunate-
ly do not all have. Excessive use is reflected in improper behaviour of children,
violence when there is no access to information and communication technol-
ogies, lack of movement leading to obesity, and no development of communi-
cation skills
Keywords: children and adolescents, addiction, information and
communication technology
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graders of elementary school
Tina Demšar
Community Health Centre dr. Adolfa Drolca Maribor, Ulica talcev 9, 2000 Maribor,
Slovenia
Introduction: As health education providers for children and adolescents, we
have been facing the problem of excessive use of information and communica-
tion technologies in children and adolescents in elementary schools for several
years. We have always been interested in this issue, so we conducted a survey
in four elementary schools with fifth graders, as we wanted to prove that chil-
dren over-use all kinds of technology and the Internet.
Methods: We used a quantitative method of work. Fifth graders aswered
structured printed questionnaire consisting of 22 questions independently dur-
ing the class hours in December 2018 in the elementary school they attended.
173 students from the fifth grade of elementary school participated in the sur-
vey; 86 boys and 87 girls.
Results: The results showed that they use ICT excessively, and that the results
of boys are worse than girls, which we also expected from the experience.
Discussion and conclusions: We are in the range of ICT that makes life easier
for many of us, but we are not aware that the overuse of it can quickly turn in-
to addiction. Children need restrictions when they use it, which unfortunate-
ly do not all have. Excessive use is reflected in improper behaviour of children,
violence when there is no access to information and communication technol-
ogies, lack of movement leading to obesity, and no development of communi-
cation skills
Keywords: children and adolescents, addiction, information and
communication technology
119
