期刊名称:Social Sciences and Education Research Review
印刷版ISSN:2392-9863
电子版ISSN:2393-1264
出版年度:2015
卷号:2
期号:2
页码:47-58
出版社:Editura Sitech
摘要:The 21st century is marked by the extensive and easy access to informationthrough the virtual environment.Do we find in today’s Romanian school the presence of a formative space -on the one hand, facilitator for a maximal exploitation of opportunities, and onthe other hand, a “sensor” for new risks, characteristic to the information era? Isthe “digital generation” (Mark Prensky) of the beginning of century in Romaniaready from these perspectives?The present paper outlines the results of a comparative exploratory studyregarding the ordinary methods used by youngsters - from 5th and 6th grades, aswell as 11th and 12th grades, from six different schools, high-schools and collegesfrom Dolj county – to find information about different topics/homework. Theresults offer the premises for hypothesis regarding this phenomenon at nationallevel.The conclusions indicate as the main method of obtaining informationthe web-searching. They emphasize the absence of an initial specific educationaltraining in this domain and allow the delineation of a suggestive image regardingpossible future methods of action.