The Need for Digital Citizenship Development among Catholic School Students in Nakhon Sawan Province, Thailand
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This research aims to (1) study the needs for digital citizenship development among Catholic school students in Nakhon Sawan province, (2) compare the level of digital citizenship among Catholic school students in Nakhon Sawan province by class level, subject group, and duration of smartphone usage, and (3) study the activities intended to be used for digital citizenship development among Catholic school students in Nakhon Sawan province. This research is a quantitative research, conducted with 418 students from Mathayom 1 – 6 (Grade 7 – 12). The research instrument used was a questionnaire created by the researcher. Statistics used in the research were mean, S.D., t-Test and one-way ANOVA. The results demonstrated that 1) the smartphone usage ratio of junior high school students per day for: hardly used: less than 1 hour: 1-2 hours: more than 2 hours, were calculated as 0.6: 1.0: 8.3: 13.2; and that of senior high school students for: hardly used: less than 1 hour: 1-2 hours: more than 2 hours, were calculated as 0.5: 1.4: 5.8: 11.0, respectively. 2) Overall and in all individual aspects, students had a high level of need for digital citizenship development. 3) For the overall comparison and according to individual aspects, there were no significant differences in the needs for digital citizenship development between junior and senior high school students. 4) In the overall comparison and according to individual aspects, there were no significant differences in the needs for digital citizenship development among students of different subject groups. 5) As a whole and according to five aspects of digital citizen identity, screen time management, cyberbullying management, cybersecurity management and digital footprint, there were statistically significant differences at the .05 level in the needs for digital citizenship development among students with different smartphone usage durations. 6) The activities in which students applied digital technology and new applications in developing their digital citizenship can be categorized into 3 groups: self-study activities, exercise and homework activities, and recreational activities.
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