Abstract:

The paper is mainly intended to establish whether parents of children aged between 7 and 14 are interested in teaching them high information technologies to develop an adequate methodology for evaluating the children’s aptitude within the IT teaching process. The research was possible thanks to examining the preferences of the parents in this area - an innovative methodology for assessing the children's aptitude for IT teaching. The survey questionnaire was addressed to 1116 people - parents of children aged between 7 and 14. As suggested by the research, there is considerable interested in the process of children’s education and development of their digital competence regarding the following IT spheres: computer graphics, programming, animation.