The Role of Cyberspace in Citizenship Education of Elementary School Students: A Mixed Method Study
Subject Areas : Infomartion Technologymahboobeh alborzi 1 , fariba khoshbakht 2 , zahra amiri 3
1 - shiraz university
2 - shiraz university
3 - shiraz university
Keywords: ", "Experts, citizenship Education", "Cyberspace, "" Students". "Elementary School",
Abstract :
The aim of this study was to investigate the role of cyberspace in citizenship education of elementary school students from the perspective of education experts and to examine students' attitudes toward it, with a combined approach and a series of Sequential exploratory methods. In the qualitative part, the research method was content analysis and in the quantitative part, it was a survey method. the participants of the qualitative part included the professors of education of the university, from which 9 people were purposefully selected. the study population in the quantitative section also i elementary school students in Shiraz, 133 of whom were selected. the semi-structured interview was used to collect data in the qualitative section and the results of the qualitative section were used in the quantitative section of the researcher-made questionnaire of cyberspace and citizenship education. data analysis in the qualitative section was performed by the network analysis method and validated by the audit path construction . after analyzing the data, 38 basic themes, 8 organized themes and 4 global themes were identified. ,The quantitative section indicated that based on the variables of gender and grade, in students' attitudes toward the role of cyberspace in citizenship education,
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_||_Abbasi, M., Basiri, A., & Azadi, F. (2017). The role of using electronic content in facilitating, accelerating and consolidating the learning of elementary school students, Poish in Humanities Education, (13) 4, 1-11.
Acun, S. (2014). Web-supported effective human rights. democracy and citizenship education. Computers & education, 70, 21 – 28.
Ahmadi, M., Jafarinia, Gh., &Keikhosravani, M. (2018). Sociological investigation of the role of social networks on the social responsibility of Bushehri citizens, Socio-Cultural Development Studies, (3) 8, 207-179.
Ahmadpour, Z., & Abbas Tabar, M.(2019). Collaborative learning is a solution for virtual education in the context of the corona virus epidemic, the 5th National Conference on New Approaches in Education and Research, Mahmoud Abad, accessible from the website: https://civilica.com/doc/1152949.
Ali Akbari, N.,& and Nasiri Zarandi, Z. (2018). The impact of virtual space on social harms, Journal of New Developments in Psychology, Educational Sciences and Education, (16) 2, 63-72.
Alishiri, S., & Mousavizadeh, Ehtram Sadat (2015). Virtual space and the education system (opportunities and challenges), the third international conference on research in science and technology, Berlin, accessible from the website: https://civilica.com/doc/557622
Ameli, S. R., & Siasi Rad, F.(2019). New citizenships along with official citizenship in virtual space; A study of collaborative actions in the public arena of Instagram, Iranian Cultural Research Quarterly, (3) 13, 1-32
Attride-Stirling, J. (2001). Thematic Networks: An Analytic Tool for Qualitative Research. Qualitative Research, 1, 385-405. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/146879410100100307
Azarkish, Z., Azarkish, Z., & Azarkish, H.(2014). Virtual life in contrast with real life, National Conference on Psychology and Social Damage Management, Chabahar, access from the website:https://civilica.com/doc/556781
Creswell, J. W., & Plano Clark, V. L. (2007). Designing and conducting mixed methods research. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage
Dastfroshan., S and Lotfi, Z. (2017). The teacher's role in the education of citizenship in the context of virtual space to students, the 9th Conference on Philosophy of Education in Iran, virtual space and philosophy of education, University of Sistan and Baluchistan, access from the website: https://civilica.com/doc/877314
Dehghan, H., & Morovat, B. (2017). The study of the relationship between the use of virtual social networks and students' social relationships, Science Quarterly, (25) 7, 103-130
Delawar, A. (2013). Research method in psychology and educational sciences, Arsbaran publications
Elmi Sola, F. (2015). The impact of media on the evolution of intercultural communication, the first national congress of community empowerment in the field of sociology, educational sciences and social and cultural studies, Tehran. Access from the website: https://civilica.com/doc/509888
Faraji, Toubi (2017). The role of virtual spaces on citizenship education among Tehrani citizens, the first international conference of psychology, educational sciences and social studies, Hamadan, accessible from the website: https://civilica.com/doc/904186
Faulks, k. (2000). Citizenship. New York: published by Routledge.
Ghobadi Chaghahosseini, G.(2019). The impact of e-learning on academic success and problem-solving skills in secondary school students, the 8th National Conference on Sustainable Development in Educational Sciences and Psychology, Social and Cultural Studies, Tehran, accessible from the website:https://civilica.com/doc/1032741
Geboers, E. & Geijsel, f. & Admiraal, w. & ten dam, G. (2013). Review of the effects of citizenship education. Educational Research review 9, 158-173 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.edurev.2012.02.001
Havasi, F., Goran., and Bakhari,M., Walizadeh, M., Mohammadi Tabar, S., & and Younesi, A. (2019). The impact and ability of virtual space in teacher training, the 5th National Conference on New Approaches in Education and Research, Mohammadabad, accessible from the website:https://civilica.com/doc/1152988
Heydari, E., & Marzooqi, R. (2017). The Study of the effect of cyber citizenship skills on the optimal use of virtual space and academic enthusiasm of medical students of Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Education Strategies in Medical Sciences, (3) 11, 81-88.
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Khodavisi, S., &Saraji, . (2018). Professional development of teachers using virtual space: a phenomenological study of teachers in Hamedan city, Education Technology, (1) 14, 109-121.
kayaalp, F. (2021). Reconsidering the citizenship education in Turkey: Is citizenship education possible in preschools?. International Journal of Curriculum and Instruction, 13(3), 2039–2071
MASEG, g. (2021). Avast 2021 Digital Citizenship Report: Online life has changed forever post pandemic.Information website:
https://blog.avast.com/report-online-behavior-post-pandemic-avast
Mohammadi, H., ; Mazidi, M. & Beheshti., S.(2018). A conceptual analysis of citizenship fostering process and dimensions. Journal of new approaches in educational administration. 32(8). 83-106.
Mohammadi, M., &and Sarmadi, M. (2017). The Study of the impact of virtual space on students' social skills and providing educational solutions for the problems of virtual space, the 9th Conference of the Philosophy of Education and Education Association of Iran, Zahedan, accessible from the website:https://civilica.com/doc/877381
Moradi, S. (2021). Explaining the components of access in the process of finding information in virtual space based on the theory of fundamental change: a case study of new undergraduate students of the Faculty of Educational Sciences and Psychology, Tabriz University, Journal of Academic Studies, (1) 1, 119-141
Mitchell, L. (2016). Beyond Digital Citizenship. Queen's University - Kingston, Ontario.
Milenkova, V. & Lendzhova, V. (2021) Digital Citizenship and Digital Literacy in the Conditions of Social Crisis. Computers. 10(4),40-54 Information website: https://doi.org/10.3390/computers10040040
Maykut, P. & Morehouse, R. (1994). Beginning Qualitative Research. London: The Falmer press
Nakofer, H., Qalavand, Z. (2017). The impact of virtual space on children's morals and identity, National Conference on the Identity of Islamic Children of Iran in Preschool Period, accessed from the website:https://www.tpbin.com/article/74373
Lasswell, H. (1948). The structure and function of communication in society. In L. Bryson (Ed.), The communication of ideas, 37-51
Omid Ali, M.& Khalai, M (2014). Citizenship rights and educational functions of media, social studies and media, (5)4, 24-49.
Parker, G. (2000). Citizenship, Contingency and countryside. Rights, culture, land and the Environment. Published by Routledge
Rahmanzadeh, Ali. (2008). The function of virtual social networks in the era of globalization, strategic studies of public policy, (1) 1, 49-78
Rezai Banider, M., R.,(2018). The study of the role of the media in teaching citizenship skills and civic behaviors. Communication Research, 33.
Ribble, M. S. (2021). Digital citizenship in the frame of global change. International Journal of Studies in Education and Science (IJSES), 2(2), 74-86
Saidi, M., and Ziaei, S., & Biranvand, A. (2016). The effect of virtual space on the amount of non-curricular studies of first year high school students in Birjand city, Information Management and Science Quarterly, (3) 4, 93-105
Salimi, S., & Fardin, M. A.(2019). The role of the corona virus in virtual education, with an emphasis on opportunities and challenges, Scientific quarterly of research in school and virtual learning, (2) 8, 49-60
Samii, M., Qabadi Tara, kh., &Hariri, N. (2019). The role of social networks in the amount of electronic and printed reading (case study: students of the Faculty of Literature, Humanities and Social Sciences, Science and Research Unit, Islamic Azad University), Information Management Sciences and Techniques, (2) 6, 73-88
Zarrabian, F., & Baghizadeh, M.(2016). The Study of the role of virtual social networks in lifelong learning of students (case example: high school students of one Qazvin region), 9th International Conference on Psychology and Social Sciences, Tehran, accessible from the website: https://civilica.com/doc/702543
