Cyber Safety Awareness Framework for South African Schools to Enhance Cyber Safety Awareness

2020 ◽  
pp. 216-223
Author(s):  
Dorothy Scholtz ◽  
Elmarie Kritzinger ◽  
Adele Botha
Keyword(s):  
South African ◽  
Safety Awareness ◽  
Cyber Safety

scholarly journals Predicting Schoolteachers' Intention and Behaviour of Promoting Cyber-Safety Awareness

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 119-125
Author(s):  
Kagisho Mabitle ◽  
◽  
Elmarie Kritzinger
Keyword(s):  
South African ◽  
Theory Of Planned Behaviour ◽  
Basic Education ◽  
Subjective Norms ◽  
Information And Communications Technology ◽  
Internet Usage ◽  
Communications Technology ◽  
Safety Awareness ◽  
Security Practices ◽  
Cyber Safety

School learners are attractive candidates for cyber-safety attacks. Advances in Information and Communications Technology (ICT) devices, and the surge in Internet usage, poses significant risks to users with poor cyber-safety awareness and security practices. An example of such users are school learners. Therefore, school learners should be made aware of cyber-safety or safe Internet usage, through awareness programmes as early as possible. Applying the classical Theory of Planned Behaviour in a survey of 109 schoolteachers across 18 schools in 2 districts, the results of a multiple regression analysis unveil that: 1) attitude does not predict the schoolteachers’ intention to raise cyber-safety awareness at their schools in the next 12 months, nor does it predict the schoolteachers’ behaviour of raising cyber-safety awareness in their teaching; and 2) subjective norms and perceived behavioural control predict the schoolteachers’ intention and behaviour. In light of this, the South African Department of Basic Education (DBE) is encouraged to identify influential schoolteachers (i.e. phase heads, sports and cultural coordinators, principals and their deputies, etc.), and to groom them into cyber-safety awareness advocates, for the purposes of influencing other teachers or their peers. Also, the DBE should provide teachers with the requisite resources, opportunities, and support which facilitates cyber-safety awareness in schools, to empower teachers to adopt this highly desired behaviour.

Developing a measure to understand young children’s Internet cognition and cyber-safety awareness: a pilot test

2020 ◽  
pp. 100-114
Author(s):  
Susan Edwards ◽  
Andrea Nolan ◽  
Michael Henderson ◽  
Helen Skouteris ◽  
Ana Mantilla ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Pilot Test ◽  
Safety Awareness ◽  
Cyber Safety

scholarly journals Short-term initiatives for enhancing cyber-safety within South African schools

2016 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Elmarie Kritzinger
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Technological Development ◽  
School Curriculum ◽  
Safety Education ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Daily Lives ◽  
Internet Skills ◽  
Safety Awareness ◽  
Cyber Safety ◽  
Home Users

The rate of technological development across the globe is dramatic. The decreasing cost and increasing availability of ICT devices means that its users are no longer exclusively industry or government employees – they are now also home users. Home users integrate ICT in their daily lives for education, socialising and information gathering. However, using ICT is associated with risks and threats, such as identity theft and phishing scams. Most home users of ICT do not have the necessary information technology and Internet skills to protect themselves and their information. School learners, in particular, are not sufficiently educated on how to use technological devices safely, especially in developing countries such as South Africa. The national school curriculum in South Africa currently does not make provision for cyber-safety education, and the availability of supporting material and training for ICT teachers in South Africa is limited, resulting in a lack of knowledge and skills regarding cyber-safety. The research in hand focuses on the situation concerning cyber-safety awareness in schools and has adopted a short-term approach towards cyber-safety among teachers and school learners in South Africa until a formal long-term national approach has been implemented. This study takes a quantitative approach to investigating the current options of teachers to enhance cyber-safety among learners in their schools. The research proposes that short-term initiatives (i.e. posters) can increase learners’ awareness of cyber-safety until formal cyber-safety awareness methods have been introduced.

The Use of Willingness to Pay in Determining Customer Preferences for Improved Flame-Based Cookstove Features in Two South African Study Areas

2017 ◽  
Vol 23 (4) ◽  
pp. 335-353 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marcel Maré ◽  
Harold J. Annegarn
Keyword(s):  
Willingness To Pay ◽  
South African ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Survey Methodology ◽  
Liquefied Petroleum Gas ◽  
African Study ◽  
Awareness Campaigns ◽  
Customer Preferences ◽  
South African Study ◽  
Safety Awareness

The continued large-scale use of inefficient flame-based cookstoves directly influences human development levels globally, including in South Africa. It has been demonstrated that the adoption and sustained use of safe, inexpensive, and improved stove designs by households could lead to a significant reduction in household air pollution. From an examination of descriptions of previous improved cookstove dissemination programs, it becomes apparent that a focus on customer preferences was absent in many of the unsuccessful projects. This article investigates the customer preferences for improved flame-based cookstove features in two South African study areas using a willingness-to-pay survey methodology. A key finding indicates that the use of safety awareness campaigns could significantly shift demand for inefficient (kerosene powered) cookstoves to efficient and safer liquefied petroleum gas stoves. Furthermore, a preference for larger stoves (allowing for cooking in two pots simultaneously) was found. The availability of credit did not seem to influence purchasing behavior. The article suggests that the inclusion of safety awareness demonstrations in combination with other appropriate stove features (i.e., fuel types, sizes, durability, and payment options) represents a necessary companion to other strategies for the successful dissemination of improved flame-based stoves in the South African marketplace. This also has implication for large-scale stove interventions advocated by the Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves and the World Bank.

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