Pedagogical Conditions for Digital Citizenship Formation among Primary School Pupils

Abstract

The digitalization of the world community implies the need for preparing the citizens for active activities in the virtual environment, critical evaluation of information content, and safe behavior on the internet. Additional importance, in this context, is to be attributed to the need for the formation of digital intelligence (DQ). The initial stage of DQ development is specifically important, as involves the development of digital citizenship. The article presents the results of scientific theoretical and experimental research on the problem of primary school pupils’ digital citizenship formation. The scientific novelty is that for the first time the concepts of “primary school pupils’ digital citizenship” and “a digital citizen”, as well as the criteria, indicators, and levels of its development, have been specified. In addition, the pedagogical conditions of digital citizenship formation have been defined as the project method implementation, based on digital citizenship content; the use of parental control applications; the use of didactic infographics in the informational and educational environment. The article presents the pedagogical model of school pupils’ digital citizenship formation in the educational process. The study was conducted on the basics of the Poltava V. G. Korolenko National Pedagogical University (2018-2020).