학술논문
Parents' Perceptions of Privacy Policies and Practices for School‐Issued Digital Devices: Implications for School Practices.
Document Type
Article
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Subject
*EDUCATIONAL technology equipment
*PARENT attitudes
*PRIVACY
*ONLINE education
*RESEARCH
*STATISTICS
*MOTHERS
*DIGITAL technology
*FISHER exact test
*FATHERS
*SURVEYS
*SOCIOECONOMIC factors
*COMPARATIVE studies
*SCHOOLS
*MEDICAL ethics
*INTELLECT
*DESCRIPTIVE statistics
*CHI-squared test
*QUESTIONNAIRES
*SCHOOL administration
*DATA analysis
*DATA analysis software
*COVID-19 pandemic
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ISSN
0022-4391
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Digital technology is becoming a central component of schooling. We measured parents perceptions of their children's digital privacy on school‐issued digital devices. METHODS: We surveyed 571 parents of K‐12th grade children, recruited nationally, regarding their child's use of school‐issued devices. Parents reported their awareness of, and ratings of importance for, seven types of privacy policies for school‐issued devices. RESULTS: About half (45.9%) of children were in K‐5th grade and 84.9% attended public school. Most (80.7%) children used a school‐issued device and 66.6% took one home during the coronavirus pandemic. Parents most often rated policies for preventing the collection of geolocation (76%) and sharing of data with third parties (75%) as "very important." However, 35.4% of parents did not know with certainty if their school had any digital policies. Many (55.7%) parents "strongly agreed" their child's school protected student digital privacy and most (68.1%) felt schools were the most responsible party to do so, yet those ratings differed by parent awareness of privacy policies (p <.05). CONCLUSIONS: Parents consider digital privacy policies highly important and perceive schools to be responsible for such protections, highlighting the need to support schools in those efforts. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]