Fábio RibeiroMediaED Lab

Training course7-16 May 2012 | Riga, Bernati, Latvia

«Media literacy is a matter of inclusion and citizenship in the today’s information society, in order to avoid or decrease the risks associated with life in common»

1. Access to information and communication;2. Critical understanding of the world;3. Creative use of media in terms of an active

citizenship.

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Media literacy: how is it defined?

CONTEXTA dominant concern all over Europe, starting from the 90’s;Group of skills and competences that citizens are able to develop so that they can learn how media culture is presented to the society.

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Current situation

There is no school curriculum specially dedicated to MEDIA LITERACY. Politicians seem to drive their attention to students’ digital competences.

2001reorganization of the curricula: Education for the Citizenship; Information and Communication Technologies; Project Area; Civic Education; Accompanied Study – secondary level ;

2012Information and Communication Technologies will be excluded of the school curricula. ‘Children do not need to learn how to work with computers, because they already know the basic skills’, Education Minister said.

Media Education in Booklets free download.

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Best practices - booklets

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Best practices - partnerships

National Commission of UNESCONational Council for the Education

The (state) media regulatory entity/ The Portuguese media regulator

Bureau for the Mass Media Communication Ministry of Education

Agency for the Knowledge SocietyCommunication & Society Research Centre

Informal Group on Media Literacy and Information

Society - 2009

PhD thesis in Media EducationPerspectives on digital literacy in the public politics:the case of the Educational and technological Plan: link.

Participation and digital inclusion

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Best practices - Research projects

EU Kids Online Navigating with ‘Magalhães’

Media Education in Portugal: experiences, actors and contexts

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A portrait of media education activities across the country, a critical overlook into the most significant ones and the ones that are missing. Free download available here.

Best practices - Research projects

1st Congress of Literacy, Media and CitizenshipBraga, March 2011

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A forum of discussion among 300 researchers, media educators, government officials, teachers, theatre clubs, libraries, students.Important output: the Braga Declaration for Media Literacy 2011. Available here.

Best practices - initiatives

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1 – fostering the relationship between organizations and creating action programmes to disseminate information towards media education;

2 – establishing local, national and international partnerships;

3 – promoting a deeper knowledge of the Portuguese reality in this field by enhancing research projects in this area;

4 – strengthening the ties among teachers and other media professionals, trying to explain how letting people learn with mass media is a matter of citizenship;

Best practices - Braga Declaration 2011

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5 – exploring the connection between media literacy and school curricula, based upon an up-to-date framework of how media are build nowadays;

6 – developing accountability and participation among citizens, in a close relationship with the state regulator;

7 – organizing national meetings to raise discussion of the present conditions in social life that can promote this area of studies;

8 – creating a Media Literacy Observatory.

Best practices - Braga Declaration 2011

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An online guide towards Media Education:

- A theoretical overview of Media Literacy;- Political framework;- Best practices report;- Formation suggestions;- (...). Check it here (still in preparation)

Best practices - Media Literacy Observatory

This presentation was prepared within framework of the international training course ’’MediaED Lab’’. 8-days training course "MediaED LAB" took place from 07.05.2012 to 16.05.2012 and connected 26 young professionals who are working to advance media literacy among youth - the ability to interpret, understand and evaluate media and its messages and to produce media content. "MediaED LAB" aims to create critical, knowledgeable and responsible leaders of creative and media education, capable of initiating, developing and embedding new understandings and techniques in their learning space. Information about state of media education in different European countries was shared and participants learnt and exchanged methods, tools and strategies that can be used to develop and implement media literacy workshops and courses for pupils, the most vulnerable consumers of media. Project took place in Latvia and involved non-governmental organizations working in the field of media education from Slovakia, Czech Republic, Romania, Bulgaria, Greece, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Slovenia and France.

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.