A study of the Relationship between Pupils and Parents’ Computer Literacy Level and Use

This study aims to examine similarities, differences and relationship between students and parents in terms of computer and internet use, purposes and literacy. For this purpose, a survey was administered to 480 sixth; seventh and eighth grade pupils of primary schools and their parents in six different cities of Turkey. The first part of the survey elicits student's demographic data, computer and Internet use, and computer literacy while the second part examines same items for parents. Paired-sample t-tests indicated that students spend much time when using computer and Internet, that they have higher computer literacy than their parents. Students’ purposes of using computer also differ from their parents. Pearson product-moment correlations showed almost no relation between students’ and their parents’ purposes of using computer. However, there is a positive but low relation between students and their parents regarding computer literacy.