media literacy for children and adults ukraine media project december 2015
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MEDIA LITERACY FOR CHILDREN AND ADULTS
Ukraine Media ProjectDecember 2015
Critical thinking for children Internews supported Academy of Ukrainian Press (AUP) to develop and
deliver courses on media literacy consumption for 24 Institutes for Continuous Teachers’ Education, 20 Ukrainian universities, best secondary schools and librarians in different regions of Ukraine (over 150 teachers attended AUP five-day training and then delivered ML course for up to 5,000 teachers/educators in their regions).
Total number of teachers reached (2012-2014): 73,000
Creative approach in promoting media literacy among children and youth: Obligatory course for students Media clubs and optional lessons Media festivals (in region or between regions) Competitions on the best school media/ best online content/ best video Media literacy integrated in other disciplines (biology, history, literature etc) Open lectures for parents and children, master classes on media production Competitions for teachers on the best model lesson on media literacy as
integrated course
The Map of Media Literacy teaching
How and Why?
• 44% run weekly lessons on media literacy
• 28% have media club or optional class on ML
• 20% run own media (newspapers, sits, radio)
• 8% apply integrated ML course in other disciplines
Psycological protection from harmful online content
Conscious perception and distribution of info
Create own media content
Analyze and assess information, communicate via media
Resist manipulations in media and in advertisement
Creative thinking in informational community
Critical independent thinking
2.67%
4.20%
11.45%
15.65%
16.41%
20.61%
29.01%
How schools teach ML
What do Ukrainian teachers aim when teaching ML? (teachers’ survey 2015)
www.medialiteracy.org.ua
92% of teachers use this portal while model lessons belong to the most popular content.
Children believe their parents need ML training (Focus groups with grades 10/11) Pupils of grades 10/11 of
secondary schools believe their parents need media literacy training!
• Parents discuss quality of media content with their children occasionally and do not see manipulations in media
• Pupils retell their parents what they learned at media literacy lessons in school!
Media Literacy Conference (2015): recommended next steps
Media Literacy Educators – participants of the 3rd ML Conference in Kyiv (April 2015) - recommended:
Involve government in the Coordination Council on Implementation Media Literacy in Ukraine (Ministry of Education, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Information along with NGOs and teachers’ communities)
Develop a Roadmap of Media Literacy Education in Ukraine (3-5 year strategy)
Develop Certified Distance-Learning Course on Media Literacy for all interested
Hold wide-range informational campaign for management of all secondary schools “Why we need media literacy”
Introduce obligatory one-hour weekly lessons on ML as obligatory
What is holding us back?
Teachers’ views on the main problems in development of course content and organization of ME/ML courses in secondary schools
Why is it important today?
“This is no information war, this is a war on information“ (OSCE conference 2015)
Why is it important today?
www.aup.com.ua/game
Contact Chris Schuepp
Humanitarian Liaison Officer Internews Europe Kyiv, Ukraine Tel: +38 095 6782746 Email: [email protected]