The internet and highschoolers

Abstract

In Serbia 34.7% of citizens use the Internet. The biggest difference in the use of the Internet is between various age sub-populations: in contrast to almost a half of population (48.8%) aged 15 only 11% of those aged 50-6429 make use of the Internet. Encouraging is the fact that 66% use the Internet, although the percentage is significantly lower compared to the situation in the developed countries in the EU. Our research sample comprised 150 first-to-fourth year students of secondary schools, including 50 (33.3%) hearing-impaired students in a special secondary school and 100 (66.7%) students in regular secondary schools (gymnasia, vocational school for architectural technicians). The instrument for data gathering that was used was a questionnaire. The aim of the research was to determine to what extent high school students (with im­paired hearing and with normal hearing) use the Internet at home and in school, in what ways, and whether the Internet could be included in some forms of teaching in secondary schools. The results showed that in the group of students with impaired hearing, among those who have access to the Internet at home, only one student (14.3%) regularly uses it on daily basis, in difference to 42.9% of the students with normal hearing. Each examined school has access to the Internet, but students are position to use it in the teaching process in only one school. About one fifth of normal-hearing students use the Internet daily or frequently in the search for the contents related to school, but only two hearing-impaired students use it for these purposes.

U Srbiji internet koristi 34,7% građana. Najveća razlika u korišćenju interneta javlja se među subpopulacijama različitog uzrasta - dok internet koristi skoro polovina (48,8%) stanovništva uzrasta 15-29 godina, onih od 50 do 64 godine je samo 11%. Ohrabruje činjenica da 66% studenata i učenika koristi internet, mada je i ovaj procenat daleko niži nego u razvijenim zemljama Evropske unije. Uzorak za istraživanje činilo je 150 učenika srednjih škola, od toga 50 (33,3%) učenika srednjih škola za gluve i nagluve i 100 (66,7%) učenika redovnih škola: gimnazije i arhitektonske škole, od I do IV razreda. Podaci su prikupljeni metodom upitnika koji je pratio učestalost i način korišćenja interneta i opštu zainteresovanosti za kompjutere kod kuće i u školi. Rezultati pokazuju da od ukupnog broja slušno oštećenih učenika koji imaju pristup internetu kod kuće, svakodnevno ga koristi samo jedan učenik (14,3%), za razliku od trećine učenika redovne škole (42,9%). U našem uzorku sve škole imaju pristup internetu, a mogućnost da učenici koriste internet pruža samo jedna škola. Oko petine učenika redovne škole u našem uzorku koristi internet svakodnevno ili više puta nedeljno za pretraživanje sadržaja vezanih za školu, ovaj broj ne prelazi ni polovinu čak i kada se uzmu u obzir učenici koji koriste internet jednom nedeljno. Samo dva učenika oštećenog sluha koristi internet u ove svrhe.