The impact of parental education levels on digital skills of students in urban sprawl impacted areas

Abstract

The current research will describe developing cities in developing countries especially in Indonesia representing polycentric or urban sprawl growth patterns. The purpose of this study is to identify the influence of the level of education parents have on the digital expertise of students in supporting learning in urban sprawl impacted areas, this is intended to recommend handling the problem of low levels of knowledge of students about the use of technology to support learning and so that students have good digital expertise to support his work in the future. Data analysis used is descriptive qualitative to explore social factors of the community and students who develop in Colomadu District. Data were obtained through interview methods accompanied by questionnaires in the study area. The results of this study illustrate that the low level of education of parents will lead to low income and socio-economic conditions, thus becoming a barrier to information and digital abilities of students in urban sprawl affected areas. Students tend to have digital expertise when the level of education of parents is in a good level and has a good economic level, besides that it is found that regional development does not necessarily have a positive impact on increasing students' knowledge about technology. Furthermore, the low level of digital ability of students will be predicted to become an obstacle in the future.