This paper explores the necessity of Information and communication ethics education based on internet using conditions of Korean adolescents in order to make an appropriate suggestion of fostering a sense of information and communication ethics so tha...
This paper explores the necessity of Information and communication ethics education based on internet using conditions of Korean adolescents in order to make an appropriate suggestion of fostering a sense of information and communication ethics so that Korean adolescents can avoid the adverse effect of using the internet in the information age. In Particular, in the case of Korea, a systematic and overall information and communication ethics education should be provided because a curriculum of information and communication ethics education is treated as partially one of the strengthened information and communication technology programs.
The purpose of this paper is to help adolescents heighten a sense of information and communication morality and reduce heavy dependence on the internet. This paper examined Korean adolescents' internet using conditions, internet addiction, and the level of information and communication ethics cognition based on a survey of students in the first grade of academic and specialized highschool in Jecheon. Based on the data, this paper provided information and communication ethics education to the class which has the highest rate of online addiction. As a result, this paper demonstrated that the education of information and communication ethics helps decrease the rate of the internet addiction in the experiment class, respectively, in each highschool.
According to the study on information and communication ethics education based on Adolescents' internet using, it demonstrates that information and communication ethics education in school can help reduce the rate of the internet dependence. In conclusion, the study suggests that school should make time for providing information and communication ethics education, seek continuous education opportunities. In addition, school should prepare teacher training course go that teachers can give appropriate and technical education on information and communication ethics, and develop various teaching methods.
Finally, teachers should encourage students to participate actively in information and communication ethics class and priginate an effective teaching method for students to have a sense of good morality by themselves through discussion and example.