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ROMANIA

PATCH WORLD REPORT

Grup Scolar Tehnic de Transporturi Cai Ferate, Iasi, Romania

PATCH-WORLd - PArenTs and Children working, ORganising and Learning together135285-LLP-1-2007-1-IT-KA3-KA3MP

Grant Agreement 2007-3620/001-001 This project has been funded with support from the European Commission

This publication reflects the views only of the author, and the Commission cannot be held responsiblefor any use which may be made of the information contained therein



PATCHWORLD (PArents and CHildren Working, ORganizing and Learning together) is

one of the European projects in which Grup Scolar Tehnic de Transporturi Cai Feratefrom Iasi, Romania participates, the project being coordinated by the Centro Studi e

Formazione Villa Montesca from Citta di Castello, Italy. There are 10 institutions

from 9 countries that take part in the project.

The selection of the students for this phase was done taking into consideration the

following criteria: their communication skills and their ICT skills. The age range was

between 15 and 17. Most of the families consisted of the two parents and two or

more children.

We made a protocol that was to be signed by both the students and their parents.

Twenty protocols were handed out and seventeen were sent back to us signed by

those agreeing to be part of this project phase. Fifteen parents were interviewed

over the phone and the other two were filmed interviews. All the interviews were

realized during the month of May 2008. The two parents who agreed to be filmed

during the interview were Popa Margareta and Simion Petronela. These interviews

were realized according to a questionnaire sent to all the institutions by the

coordinator and all the questions concerned the use of ICT tools.

The parents’ level of instruction was high school. 9 of them are at a beginner level

in the use of ICT tools, 7 of them at an intermediate level and 1 at an advanced

level.

During these interviews it was shown that parents and children use the ICT tools for

different activities. The main purpose the parents acquired the computer in their

household was the educational purpose. They want to help their children find

information for school activities more easily. Another purpose for the purchase of a

computer was the recreational one: games, chatting, listening to music, watching

videos and films.



When it comes to ICT safety and security, all of the interviewed people agreed that

it was important to have a good antivirus program; they heard that using the

Internet can be dangerous but few of them knew how to fight against these

dangers. Most of the parents claimed that they monitored their children’s time in

front of the computer and that their children have a timetable for the time spent in

front of the computer: 2 or 3 hours in the evening.

ICT SAFETY AND

SECURITY Parents Students

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Internet 17 11

have security system 17 17

monitoring the studentsactivity 12 12

This study showed that ICT tools could help improve the parent-child relationship,

helping them to communicate more with one another. ICT could also help develop

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the parents’ skills in this field and raise awareness among the participants about the

dangers of the Internet.

There were also some weak points that were singled out during this survey. It was

sad but true to find out that parents don’t have enough time to spend with their

children at home, leaving them alone in front of the computer a lot of time. There is

a definite lack of communication in most of the families, but hopefully this project

will help them spend more time together.

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INTERVIEWS DETAILS

Popa Margareta; 44 years old and lives in Iasi, 97 Nicolina street ; She is a taxi

dispatcher and her family is composed of four members : she, her husband and 2

children: a 18 year old girl and a 22 year old son.

knowledge in ICT medium level

In particular:

ICT KNOWLEDGE

I know to create a folder, to use Microsoft office program and a little XL, to use the

Internet

Since 1988 I have a computer at home, at the beginning not very up-to-date, but

now we changed it with a good one.

My daughter teaches me many things about ICT

FAMILY GENERAL USE OF ICT

We use the PC for communication, to get some information and also for games.

My girl uses the computer generally for school to make her lessons and homework:

portfolios, papers, projects and to get information. She also uses Internet for

recreation, to play some interesting games and to communicate with her

schoolmates by Messenger.

ICT ADVANTAGES

About the advantages of using ICT, I think it’s important the fact that we have

access to a lot of information

The children learn many good things



I have to add that my girl teaches me how I can use the computer and find some

information

ICT DRAWBACKS

About the drawbacks, there is acces to many sites with a lot of violence and which

incite to wrong and to violence

Because my girl spends a lot of time in front of the computer, I watch her all the

time, to see exactly what programs she uses, what sites she accesses.

ICT GAMING AND RECREATION

My daughter likes very much to play games on Internet, to play games with

questions and answers

I don’t know exactly how much time she stays at the computer, but I know she has

a lot of work at school, so she has a little time for games

I don’t like to play games on Internet

The games help the children to learn about good things to get a lot of information

My children play games which consists strategies, constructions and driving

It’s difficult to interact with my children concerning the using of ICT for educational

reasons , because I learn from them

EDUCATION THROUGH ICT

I don’t know many things about ICT In Education.

I see that my girl uses the computer a lot of the time for school to make her

homework, or some projects, to look for information on Internet

Me and my husband we didn’t take part to on-line training activities



ICT SAFETY AND SECURITY

I know about the dangers of the Internet

Unfortunately the information stocked in a virtual environment are subdued to the

danger to be destroyed by the hackers

The legislation in this aria must be improved in what concerns the security of

information, to be protected

Simion Petronela Gabriela; 49 years old (Iasi), Musatini street; Engineer building

machines, teacher. Family composed of three members : wife, husband and 1 child.

In detail:

ICT KNOWLEDGE

I have a certificate –PC operator from 1998 and in 2006 I finished a course for

using ICT and AEL programme, organized by Teachers House, Iasi.

Later, in 2007 I graduated Master of Mechatronics, with competences in Laview and

Solidox programme.

Since 1998 I have a computer at home , which was used at the beginning only for

design, reports, tables, etc

FAMILY GENERAL USE OF ICT

We used the PC for information in Mechatronics aria, for daily information from

newspapers, information about legislation, health or to communicate with our

friends and to transmit some reports, papers.

My child is 15 and uses the computer for school (portfolios, papers), to play some

interesting games and to communicate with his colleagues by Messenger



Together, we like to draw, to play games and to work for school (I have a pleasure

to help my child in searching materials, making papers, PP presentations)

FAMILY COMMUNICATION AND RELATIONSHIPS THROUGH ICT

Each of our member has a personal computer ; together we like to communicate, to

search information, to help each other, to share our experience and to discuss or

search about an interesting subject

Me, as a parent, I have to say that I don’t know how to install different

programmes, to search programmes used for opening different documents and mychild knows. I write slowly, my child writes without looking at the keyboards with a

higher speed.

ICT ADVANTAGES

The development of logical thinking and speed reaction by playing the games with

questions and answers from different fields

The development of knowledge in ICT and in many arias by acquiring information

The learning of the good way to search information by using more resources

The enrichment of knowledge with information from varied domains (arias)

ICT DRAWBACKS

The position in front of the computer can produce some problems with the spine

The child can have contact with violent and obscene images on Internet

Sedentary life and reading carelessness

In this context it is important to make a strict and precise programme for student

to use the computer, and to know very well what he talks with collegues and which

sites he surfs



ICT GAMING AND RECREATION

The games in our family help us to verify our knowledge, develop our thinking and

relax us

All our family members play games.

I know what kind of games my child plays, and I know he needs many knowledge

from geography, history, mathematics, logic aria

Because he has to work a lot of time at school he plays an hour daily

I don’t play games on Internet with my child because he is too old.

EDUCATION THROUGH ICT

In Education, ICT tools help to make some presentations, to realize demonstrative

lessons, to simulate some experiences in physics, chemistry, mechanics, auto,..

Because I know different sites I like to help my child to find different educative

information .

I participated in AEL courses and my child took part only at the lessons I showed at

home.

ICT SAFETY AND SECURITY

I know the dangers of the Internet and I talk frequently with my child about them;

We have antivirus, firewall and other security programmes

I always take care that he doesn’t have contact with unknown persons, or access

dangerous sites

I watch carefully my child’s activity; when we are not at home we have a password

for the computers and he doesn’t have access



Finally it is important to make his lessons, to read, to practice sport and to know

very well what and how he communicates.

CONCLUSIONS

We can conclude that as result of our research by involving in interview 17 families

with children :



The level of ICT for parents is low and the interest for using

ICT is only to search information of internet or at least to

send messages

The level of ICT for students is far more advanced than their

parents’ and they don’t like to communicate

The parents don’t have time for their kids because they have

a lot of work at their jobs and it’s expensive for some

families to own a computer

There is also the difference of mentality, age, interests,

hobbies between parents and children and the parents do not

make any efforts to communicate with their children

Maybe by implementing this project Patch world we can obtain a partner ship school

– children-family which will try to be integrated in European space, to find thinks in

common with other European families.

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