Digital Technology in Social Problem Solving

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Result on the web

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DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/http://dx.doi.org/10.21062/ujep/20.2016/k/978-80-7414-987-0/0183" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.21062/ujep/20.2016/k/978-80-7414-987-0/0183</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Digital Technology in Social Problem Solving

Original language description

Digital technology and its implementation are vital in a modern information society. If being used conveniently, it can move the economy and society towards a better standard of life for its citizens. It can help in social problem-solving, giving people cheaper access to information resources, services, digital jobs etc. The positive influence of digital technology on economic growth can be considered proven. However, digital technology has to be used in an appropriate manner. The digital skills possessed by people are important and cannot be omitted from social directed services including such fields as e.g. social work and social services. The digital skills of prospective social workers studying social work at a university bachelor's level were tested by the so-called TIGR-Test of Information Literacy. It was found that the average digital skills in the sample of prospective social workers can be compared with the skills of grammar school pupils around the age of 15. Two large, statistically significant, groups of subjects were identified among of social work students-firstly, a group of subjects without functional digital skills and, secondly, another group of subjects that can be characterised as individuals with functional digital skills. One-third of subjects did not prove that basic practical skills, and their scores in the practical B portion of the test was equal to zero. Such findings imply the need for both theoretical and practical training in the digital technology use at the low skill level of social workers, which should help them to provide social services in an ethic and appropriate way.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

C - Chapter in a specialist book

CEP classification

AO - Sociology, demography

OECD FORD branch

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Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2015

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Book/collection name

Interdisciplinary Approach in Social Problem Solving

ISBN

978-80-7414-987-0

Number of pages of the result

10

Pages from-to

183-192

Number of pages of the book

249

Publisher name

J. E. Purkyne University in Ústí nad Labem

Place of publication

Ústí nad Labem

UT code for WoS chapter

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