SOCIAL NETWORKS AND THEIR INFLUENCE UPON CHANGES IN USE OF THE INTERNET AT SCHOOLS
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| Year of publication | 2010 |
| Type | Article in Proceedings |
| Conference | Řehulka, E. (ed.). SCHOOL AND HEALTH 21 Health Education: Contexts and Inspiration |
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| Field | Informatics |
| Keywords | social networks Internet school atmosphere |
| Description | among children and young people. The previous core concept for employment of the Internet in schools, which is to say as a medium enabling the acquisition of the most up-to-date information in a wide variety of disciplines and fi elds, has been supplanted by a tendency toward the creation of teaching programmes and distant learning options and this evolution continues. For younger people it is more and more frequent that the primary purpose of the Internet is the use of social sites and search engines, which make it possible for them to dive into a whole new world of virtual relationships and special interest groups, rather than the focus being on broadening their educational horizons. This simple fact is, in my opinion, a potential issue in the social and emotional growth of young people, as it can lead to dissociative tendencies with regard to their physical fellow students around them, and the replacement of real relationships with the ephemera of e-friendship, the parameters and risks of which are frequently less than clear. The school, which is to say teachers and parents in this particular scenario, is often inadequately prepared for this change. The concurrent dissolution of social bonds within the class may well lead to a generally deteriorated atmosphere therein. This presentation endeavours to address in detail a number of issues arising from this situation. |
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