Parents’ digital skills and their development in the context of the Corona pandemic

Bibliographic Data

ID22235474
AuthorsBadr A Alharbi (0000-0003-3480-3381, University of Ha'il), Usama M Ibrahem (0000-0001-6911-6149, Suez Canal University, corresponding author), Mario Moussa (0009-0000-5825-8192, Suez Canal University), Mahmoud Ali Moussa (0000-0002-5611-1792), Mona A Alrashidy (University of Ha'il), Sameh F Saleh (University of Ha'il)
Year2023
Volume10
Issue1
Pages97-97
Publication date2023-03-11
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueHumanities and Social Sciences Communications (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2662-9992 • E-ISSN: 2662-9992
PublisherSpringer Science and Business Media LLC (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1057/s41599-023-01556-7
PMID36938576
OpenAlexW4323924679
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited33

We investigate parents’ and guardians’ digital skills and the extent of their development in the context of the spread of the Corona epidemic. In addition, we sought to explore the differences in digital skills between parents and their employment status, age, and responsibility in teaching children. We sought to rely on the descriptive-analytical approach and prepared a scale of eight theoretical dimensions with the participation of 250 students’ Saudi parents. The application of the study was by online submission form (via Edit Submission). Our findings showed that there was a discrepancy in the performance of the sample, which was very high in the dimensions of operational skills, instrumental skills, and cognitive constructivism skills. There were also differences between the effect of computers on the instrumental skills and cognitive constructivism skills of the parents. Parents’ dependence on alternative digital sources in exploring for information, formulating knowledge, manipulating it, and criticizing. The learner can reach the cognitive level in a more flexible manner, which allows him to gain learning objectives. The knowledge navigation can be developed because of different online outdoor exercises and software familiar. This requires self-organization to search for appropriate knowledge to use in the renewal of the cognitive structure

Cognition · Cognitive development · Cognitive psychology · Cognitive skill · Developmental psychology · Mathematics education · Child Development and Digital Technology · Digital literacy in education · Psychology · Technology-Enhanced Education Studies

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