E-competent Parents and the School Environment – A Research

Bojan Jeram, Olga Dečman Dobrnjič
bojan.jeram@guest.arnes.si, olga.decman@zrss.si
Dijaški dom Vič, Ljubljana, Zavod Republike Slovenije za šolstvo, Ljubljana

Povzetek

V članku govorimo o vlogi in pomenu informacijsko-komunikacijske tehnologije (IKT) v šolskem okolju. Ugotavljamo, da je proces informatizacije postal ena od najvažnejših aktivnosti sodobnega sveta, generator družbenega uspeha in sredstvo za povezovanje z razvitim svetom. Za organizacije, ki ne bodo sledile globalnemu razvoju informatizacije, ni prihodnosti. V šolskem sistemu se na nacionalnem nivoju dogaja projekt e-šolstvo. Osnovni cilj projekta je pospešitev procesa informatizacije vsakega vzgojno-izobraževalnega zavoda v odvisnosti od njegovega trenutnega stanja na vodstvenem, didaktičnem in tehničnem področju. Razvija se standard
e-kompetentne šole, učitelja, vzgojitelja, ravnatelja, računalnikarja. Sprašujemo se, kako je z e-kompetentnostjo staršev kot najpomembnejših partnerjev šole. V ta namen smo naredili raziskavo, s katero smo preverili e-kompetentnost staršev dijakov iz dijaških domov ter njihova e-pričakovanja do dijaškega doma. V raziskavi je sodelovalo 492 staršev dijakov, ki bivajo v dijaških domovih v Sloveniji in obiskujejo sekundarno izobraževanje. Rezultati raziskave kažejo, da starši uporabljajo IKT in da od dijaškega doma pričakujejo možnost sodelovanja na spletu. V primeru, da bi dijaški dom organiziral izobraževanje s področja IKT, so se pripravljeni tudi izobraževati.

Ključne besede: informacijsko-komunikacijska tehnologija, dijaški dom, e-šolstvo, e-kompetentni starši, e-sodelovanje.

Abstract

The article discusses the role and importance of information and communication technology (ICT) in school environment. We reason that the process of informatization has become one of the most important activities of the modern world; a generator of social success and a means of integration with the developed world. For organizations that do not follow the global development of computerization, there is no future. Currently in the Slovenian school system, the project e-Education is in progress. Its primary goal is to accelerate the process of informatization of every educational institution, depending on its current status in management, educational and technical fields. The standards of an e-competent school, teacher (educator), headmaster, and computer expert are being developed.
We are interested in how e-competent the parents as key partners of schools are. We carried out a research in which we checked the e-competence of parents of secondary school students in boarding schools, and their e-expectations for the boarding school. The study involved 492 parents of students who live in large boarding schools in Slovenia and attend secondary school. The results indicate that parents use ICT and that they expect from boarding schools to have the opportunity to collaborate with them via the Internet. If boarding schools organized ICT related courses, they are prepared to take part.
 
Keywords: information and communication technology, boarding school, e-education, e-competent parents, e-collaboration