IZAZOVI I OBRAZOVANJE NOVE GENERACIJE UČENIKA
CHALLENGES AND EDUCATION OF A NEW GENERATION OF STUDENTS

Summary/Abstract: The challenges in educating the generation, which uses smartphones before it can walk and utter the first words, and leaves its first "digital footprint" on the Internet even before it is born, are great and present a serious task to both parents and teachers. Members of this generation in English-speaking countries are designated as the alpha generation, and the generation timeline includes young people who were born between 2010 and 2024.The research was carried out in "Mladen Stojanović" Elementary School in Laktaši, and our intention is to gather information and to raise awareness of various aspects of the use of the Internet and digital technologies and their effects, both positive and negative, regarding the alpha generation of students. Students filled out a questionnaire, independently or with the help of a teacher, which was designed to give us an insight into the scope of Internet use among children of this age, such as the number of hours spent on the Internet and the devices used by children. One part of the questionnaire scrutinizes the use of social networks and digital skills, and the final part of the questionnaire refers to the dangers and risks that these students may have, as well as looking into the influence of parents and teachers on the safe and constructive use of the Internet and digital technologies. In our work, we also deal with the question of how prepared our school system is for the challenges in educating members of this generation. We contribute an overview of good examples in our country and in the region and based on the findings from the questionnaire, we will try to provide some principles for innovation and work for teachers, parents and pedagogues.

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