The Effectiveness Of A Guidance Program To Enhance The Parental Competence Of Mothers To Develop Digital Citizenship Values For Kindergarten Children In The City Of Najran

Abstract

The current study aims to identify the effectiveness of the guidance program to enhance the parental competence of mothers for the development of digital citizenship for kindergarten children in the city of Najran. The semi-experimental method with one experimental group was used before and after the application of the program, and the study was applied to (40) mothers of children registered in the government kindergartens in the city of Najran, and the program was applied to the experimental group (40) mothers. The study used the following materials and tools: Guidance program to enhance the parental competence of mothers for the development of digital citizenship for kindergarten children in the city of Najran. The scale of digital citizenship values (digital responsibility, digital ethics - digital health - digital security) for mothers of kindergarten children in the city of Najran (prepared by the researchers). Moreover, the study reached the following results: the effectiveness of an guidance program in developing the value of digital responsibility among mothers of kindergarten children in the city of Najran, the effectiveness of a guidance program in the development of the value of digital ethics among the mothers of kindergarten children in the city of Najran. Effectiveness of an guidance program in developing the value of digital health among mothers of kindergarten children in the city of Najran. Effectiveness of an guidance program in developing the value of digital security among mothers of kindergarten children in the city of Najran. There are statistically significant differences at the significance level (0.05) between the average grades of mothers of kindergarten children in the pretest and the dimension in the dimensions of the digital citizenship value scale for mothers of kindergarten children in the city of Najran and the total score in favor of the [1]dimension measurement. In light of the results of the study, the researchers made several recommendations to enhance parental competence for mothers to develop digital citizenship for kindergarten children in the city of Najran. Which consists of: guiding parents on digital participation with their children while dealing with the Internet, raising awareness of parents to participate in digital parenting programs directed at them to help them manage their children's use of the Internet. Moreover, dealing with digital environments safely, imposing control over games the electronic information presented to the child that conflicts with society's values, guiding those in charge of early childhood programs in preparing programs to educate parents about the values of digital citizenship, educating parents about the use of parental control programs on computers or smart phones.