Media Education in the Czech Language and Literature

Author(s):

Dagmar Strejčková(presenting / submitting)

Conference:

ECER 2013

Network:

27. Didactics - Learning and Teaching

Format:

Poster

Session Information

27 SES 05.5 PS, General Poster Session

General Poster Session

Time:

2013-09-11

12:30-14:00

Room:

FUAYE

Chair:

Contribution

This presentation is a summary of findings from a research of Media Education as realized by teachers of Czech language and literature at upper primary schools. Media Education is a new topic in the Czech Republic, which has been introduced by the Framework Education Programme for Elementary Education (2007, further referred as FEP EE) and can be implemented in School educational programme in different ways according to the needs and specifics of each school. FEP EE as a state curricular document has been issued by the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic. The cross-curricular subject Media Education provides the pupil with elementary knowledge and skills related to media communication and work with the media. Cross-curricular subjects may be used as an integrative part of the educational content of a subject of instruction or in the form of independent subjects of instruction, projects, seminars, courses, etc.

This study aims to analyze the most important aspects of realization of this cross-curricular subject by teachers in upper primary schools in the Czech Republic. The partial aims are oriented to finding out the mode of realization and benefits of cross-curricular subject Media Education in the upper primary schools by teachers and survey the use of media in the instruction of Czech language and literature teachers at the realization of Media Education.

Method

The sample consisted of Czech language and literature teachers at upper primary schools (n = 600). The research was carried out in the quantitative method, using a self-made questionnaire. Reliability of the tool has been tested with the use of Cronbach’s α coeficient (α = 0.77). In this part the statistics procedure was utilized. Inductive statistical methods such as Student’s t-test and ANOVA were used.

Expected Outcomes

The research brought findings concerning the form of realizations of cross-curricular subject Media Education by teachers of Czech language and literature at upper primary schools in the Czech Republic. The research showed that teachers of Czech language and literature implement receptive thematic areas (x = 3.81) to the same degree as productive thematic areas (x = 3.62) of cross-curricular subject Media Education. No statistically significant difference has been found between the implementation of receptive and productive areas (t = 1.01). Prevailing thematic areas used by the teachers were critical reading and perception of media messages (x = 4.15) and interpretation of the relation between media messages and reality (x = 4.01). Although we expected predominant integration of thematic areas, which are related to the structure of media messages and their creation in Czech language and literature education, these thematic areas were integrated in lesser extent. Research shows that teachers deal less with identifying the author’s attitudes and opinions in a media message, which is in compliance with PISA 2009 results. It is evident that pupils in the Czech Republic are less accustomed to critically consider and evaluate texts they read.

References

BUCKINGHAM, D. (2003) Media Education: Literacy, Learning and Contemporary Culture. Cambridge: Polity Press. POTTER, W. J. (2005) Media Literacy. Thousand Oaks, California: SAGE Publications. Center for Media Literacy. Accessible from . NAMLE - National Association for Media Literacy Education. Accessible from . OECD (2010). PISA 2009 Results: What Students Know and Can Do. Student Performance in Reading, Mathematics ad Science. [online]. Accessible from . Study on Assessment Criteria for Media Literacy Levels. A comprehensive view of the concept of media literacy and an understanding of how media literacy levels in Europe should be assessed (2009) [online]. Accessible from . The Framework Education Programme for Elementary Education (2007) [online]. Accessible from . The Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic. Accessible from < http://www.msmt.cz/>.

Author Information

Dagmar Strejčková (presenting / submitting)

Masaryk University

Departmnet of Czech Language

Borkovany

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