Description du projet
Les dangers du numérique pour les enfants
La numérisation présente de nombreux dangers pour les enfants et les adolescents, mais les données scientifiques sur les impacts et les contextes de l’activité numérique des enfants et des adolescents restent lacunaires, et nous ne savons toujours pas comment y remédier. Le projet ySKILLS, financé par l’UE, mènera une recherche universitaire longitudinale dans six pays européens sur les risques et les opportunités liés à l’utilisation des technologies de l’information et de la communication (TIC) pour les enfants et les adolescents âgés de 12 à 17 ans. Son objectif est de comprendre quelles sont les compétences qu’ils doivent acquérir pour utiliser les TIC de manière consciente et critique pour leur bien-être, leur scolarité et leur vie sociale, et comment ils peuvent se protéger de leurs impacts négatifs. Le projet entend ainsi élaborer de nouvelles stratégies et formuler des recommandations politiques.
Objectif
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.
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Appel à propositions
H2020-SC6-TRANSFORMATIONS-2018-2019-2020
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H2020-SC6-TRANSFORMATIONS-2019
Régime de financement
RIA - Research and Innovation actionCoordinateur
3000 Leuven
Belgique