Preparing students of social rehabilitation pedagogy to apply new technologies in the prevention of problems of adolescents
Preparing students of social rehabilitation pedagogy to apply new technologies in the prevention of problems of adolescents

Summary/Abstract: The Internet and interactive tools, as numerous studies show, are beginning todetermine the actions of the whole society, not only of young people. As a consequence, newtechnologies, as commonly used and accepted, should also be included in prevention andrehabilitation activities – as an element supporting and diversifying the above. The questionis, are we ready for this? What knowledge and skills do students as future employees ofeducational centers, shelters for minors or correctional facilities have in this respect? Does,and if so – to what extent the knowledge of the factors conducive to effective preventionmotivates them to learn about interactive teaching methods and educational tools supportingprevention activities? This article is, i.a., an attempt to answer the above questions.The studies submitted to the readers’ hands were cyclical and were repeated every yearfor a period of 5 years. The research material was collected on the basis of a pedagogicalexperiment, which covered 88 people. The analyses are mainly based on quantitative dataobtained from: knowledge and skills tests, observations, as well as surveys. The researchmaterial was supplemented with qualitative data obtained through interviews. The selectionof the research group was intentional. The author used such statistics as: mean, medianand the Wilcoxon signed-rank test.

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