CONTRIBUTIONS OF SOCIAL WORK IN PROMOTING TO PARENTS DIGITAL CULTURE: FROM A POINT OF VIEW OF FACULTY MEMBERS SPECIALIZING IN SOCIAL WORKAT SAUDI UNIVERSITIES

Abstract

The study aimed to determine the contributions of social work in enhancing the digital culture of parents from the point of view of faculty members specialized in social work at a Saudi university. The study belongs to descriptive studies, and used the survey method. A questionnaire was designed as a study tool, consisting of (40) paragraphs, distributed over three axes: (digital knowledge, digital skills, digital trends), and applied to a simple random sample, numbering (25) individuals. The results revealed that there are medium contributions of social work in enhancing the digital culture of parents, with an arithmetic mean of (2.22 out of 3.00). It became clear that the most prominent contributions of social work in enhancing the digital culture of parents were represented in enhancing the digital trends of parents to a high degree; with an arithmetic mean of (2.35 out of 3.00), followed by enhancing the digital knowledge of parents to a medium degree; with an arithmetic mean of (2.24 out of 3.00), and finally came the enhancement of the digital skills of parents to a medium degree; With an arithmetic mean of (2.02 out of 3.00), the results also showed that the most important contributions of social work in enhancing parents' digital knowledge were represented in revealing the risks of misuse of technology, and one of the contributions of social work in enhancing digital skills is increasing parents' electronic self-learning skills. In light of the results, a set of recommendations were formulated, the most important of which are: the necessity of holding training programs for social workers on digital transformation and the use of technology in the areas of professional practice of social work, with the importance of directing more attention to digital culture.