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What does it mean...?

„It is a life-long, systematic and goalseeking process of obtaining media competences and raising the level of media literacy whose main goal is to support responsible usage of media and develop critical attitudes towards the media contents with the stress on moral principles and humanism.“

Goals of Media Education

to obtain skills, competences and abilities to analyse evaluate and create

to increase the level of media literacy in connection with the media and IT progress and development

to protect certain population groups (the youth and elderly)

to decrease generation gap to limit risks of social exclusion of certain

population groups

Target Groups

Process-oriented education affecting 3 levels of personality development:

1. cognitive

2. psychomotor

3. affective

=>no limits regarding the target group, all the age groups

Formal Education

Experimental phase (2005 - 2007) lead to adding media education in the list of non-compulsory and optional subjects for kindergartens, elementary and high schools (grammar schools) in 2009

now - compulsory theme in a curriculum taught as a part of other subjects or as separate

optional course

Formal Education

Hot topics in elementary schools

Hot topics in high schools

Who provides it?

As a part of other subjects – all the educational institutions

As separate courses/subjects – selected kindergartens, elementary schools, high schools, universities

Public art schools – creation of audiovisual materials

Specialised educational centres (mainly at universities) to qualify teachers

Non-formal Education

eSlovenskoNGO for informatisation

eSlovensko Projects

Webportal www.zodpovedne.sk + hotline www.pomoc.sk

to raise awareness among young Internet and mobile phones users, their parents, caretakers and teachers etc.

target issues: pedophilia, pornography, addictions, discrimination, violence, meeting unknown people, provision of personal data, Internet frauds

eSlovensko Projects www.sheeplive.eu - an interactive portal with

youtube videos, games to raise awareness about responsible Internet usage

Future?

IMEC – International Media Education Centre in February 2012

Coordination of all the activities related to media education (research projects, mediating cooperation between the authorities

www.medialnavychova.sk

Thanks for your attention!

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Resources

www.eslovensko.sk www.zodpovedne.sk, www.pomoc.sk www.sheeponline.sk www.medialnavychova.sk www.culture.gov.sk

This project has been funded with support from the European Commission. This presentation reflects the views only of the author, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein.