Descripción del proyecto
Peligros digitales para los niños
La digitalización plantea numerosos peligros para los niños y jóvenes, pero existe una falta de datos científicos sobre los efectos y contextos de la actividad digital de los niños y adolescentes, y todavía carecemos de conocimientos sólidos de cómo evitarlos. El proyecto ySKILLS, financiado con fondos europeos, realizará una investigación académica longitudinal en seis países europeos sobre los riesgos y oportunidades de la utilización de las tecnologías de la información y las comunicaciones (TIC) en niños y adolescentes con edades comprendidas entre doce y diecisiete años. El objetivo es comprender qué habilidades deben obtener para usar de forma consciente y crítica las TIC para su bienestar, educación, vida social y cómo pueden desarrollar resistencia frente a los efectos negativos. El proyecto facilitará nuevas estrategias y recomendaciones políticas.
Objetivo
ySKILLS starts from the observation that digitisation is changing society and requires a new set of digital skills, which many children and adolescents currently do not master. This can negatively affect their educational, informational and social inclusion and wellbeing. Longitudinal and robust academic research on children’s and adolescents’ digital uses, the use context and its impact is lacking on national and European levels. ySKILLS examines risks and opportunities related to children’s and adolescents’ (aged 12 to 17) ICT uses and their digital skills to understand how to purposefully use ICTs towards greater cognitive, physical, psychological and social wellbeing. We offer a critical perspective on the notion of skills itself: by extending traditional conceptions of skills, by recognising children’s critical views on their skills as young citizens with agency, voice and rights. ySKILLS will predict which children are more at risk of having low levels of wellbeing because of their ICT use, and to understand how digital skills can function as building resilience against negative impacts. This results in a comprehensive, evidence-based explanatory and foresight model predicting the complex impacts of ICT use on children’s and adolescents’ wellbeing in Europe, and the role of digital skills that can enhance their wellbeing. ySKILLS will conduct a longitudinal three-wave survey in six countries, selected based on their ranking as low, medium and high on the 2018 Digital Economy and Society Index. Adding to this survey, cognitive wellbeing will be investigated with fMRI in two countries. ICT use patterns will be analysed among at-risk groups in in-depth studies in six complementary countries. Through an effective dissemination strategy and practice and policy recommendations, framed in terms of children’s rights, the interdisciplinary ySKILLS consortium will strengthen the necessary interaction among the relevant stakeholders and practitioners involved.
Ámbito científico
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Programa(s)
Tema(s)
Convocatoria de propuestas
H2020-SC6-TRANSFORMATIONS-2018-2019-2020
Consulte otros proyectos de esta convocatoriaConvocatoria de subcontratación
H2020-SC6-TRANSFORMATIONS-2019
Régimen de financiación
RIA - Research and Innovation actionCoordinador
3000 Leuven
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