mediawijsheid in finland door rauna rahja
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Vree Mediawijze Dag, 28 januari 2014, KVSTRANSCRIPT
Finnish Perspec,ves to Media and Informa,on Literacies
Rauna Rahja
Finnish Society on Media Educa4on Vree Mediawijze dag / Brussels / 28.1.2014
Finnish Society on Media Educa,on • Associa4on opera4ng na4onwide in two main languages (Finnish
and Swedish) • Aims to develop and promote the field, research and prac4ces of
media educa4on and media literacies in Finland • Founded in 2005 by Finnish researchers and professionals on
media and media educa4on • Funded by Ministry of Educa4on and Culture and its members • Over 200 personal and student members, 50 community
members
•
Finnish Media Educa,on in brief • Small country with a vivid field of media educa4on – wide variety of actors
• ”The promised land of associa4ons” – but also a bunch of various projects…
• Changing media landscape and growing use of media challenges media educa4on
• New actors and policies evolving • Co-‐opera4on and mul4professionality is the key! • Different views but a same common goal to improve media literacy in Finland
Source: KAVI, 2014
Poli,cal decision making and media literacy
Child and Youth Policy Programme (2012-2015) Responsible ministries: Ministry of Education and Culture, Ministry of Transport and Communication and Ministry of Social Affairs and Health
Act on the Finnish Centre for Media Education and Audiovisual Programmes 2011 -> Act on Finnish Audiovisual Institute 2014
Good Media Literacy: National Policy Guidelines 2013-2016 Responsible actor: Ministry of Education and Culture
New National core curricula on basic education (2013-2016), followed by the core curricula in upper secondary school education in 2016 Responsible actor: National Board of Education
National Knowledge Society Strategy (2007-2015) Responsible actors: Ministry of Education and culture, Finnish National Board of Education, Ministry of Justice/democracy unit, Ministry of Trade and Industry, Finnish Broadcasting Company
‘Good Media Literacy’ Guidelines
‘Good Media Literacy’ –
Na4onal Policy Guidelines 2013–2016 (Ministry of Educa4on
and Culture in co-‐opera4on with
other actors)
hep://www.minedu.fi/OPM/Julkaisut/2013/Hyva_medialukutaito.html?lang=fi&extra_locale=en
What is good media literacy then?
• Not only about informa4on, skills, competence and mastering the use of media
• Involves par4cipa4on, being ac4ve as a ci4zen, cri4cal thinking, crea4vity and self-‐expression
• Approaches ML in a broad sense • Is acquired in many different senngs • Links many sectors of society
1. Regional inequality 2. Funding, problems considering project funding 3. Challenges in target group thinking 4. Challenges in educa4on/training 5. Lots of material, but… 6. Difficul4es in coopera4on 7. Copyright challenges 8. Lack of conrete evalua4on models and methods
Posi4ve views: will to con4nue the work and to co-‐operate,
will to develop the quality and sustainability of media educa4on!
Char,ng the challenges of Finnish media educa,on (Actors in the Finnish field of media educa,on / FSME Survey 2012)
Media Educa,on in Finnish Libraries
The development of media educa4on in public libraries has been supported for years. From 2004 on libraries have been highlighted as public cultural ins4tu4ons that can func4on as important providers of media educa4on. Libraries are also men4oned as central actors in the promo4on of digital equality between the regions.
In general The na4onal development of media educa4on provided by public libraries has been supported in 2006–2010, a total of EUR 680,000: Opera4onal models and materials for media educa4on carried out by libraries and training for library professionals. Training for regional providers of media educa4on for libraries, a collec4on of ar4cles and learning material for the purpose. A media educa4on website for library professionals. Current topics: games and different literacies, also projects aiming to establish ME in libraries
Libraries and Media 2012 (Ministry of Educa4on and Culture)
Research focuses on: the status of media educa4on in municipal public libraries in Finland antudes and concep4ons with reference to media educa4on, the visibility of media educa4on projects and materials and the realisa4on of media educa4on in the daily ac4vi4es of libraries.
– study results: importance of ME
Library is considered to be a very important provider of media educa4on by 1/3 of the respondents and rather important by half of the respondents. The most important goal: inspiring children to read. Central topics in media educa4on: informa4on management skills and the ability to differen4ate fact and fic4on.
– study results: projects and staff
Past 2 years, 4/5 libraries involved in some na4onal, regional or local media educa4on project. 16 per cent of the libraries are involved in some network related to media educa4on. In 25 per cent of the libraries, media educa4on or the promo4on of media literacy has been incorporated into the job descrip4on of a staff member.
– study results: ME in ac,on plans
1/5 of libraries either incorporate media educa4on into the ac4on plan or a separate media educa4on plan has been prepared. In 1/3 of the libraries, a plan for library-‐school coopera4on had been drawn up in coopera4on with the schools and in 1/3 the coopera4on plan had been drawn up independently.
– study results: working methods and target groups The most common working method in media educa4on carried out by libraries is school visits and so called story hours. A firh of the libraries also provide media educa4on on a regular basis to 0 to 8-‐year-‐olds. More than half of the libraries provide media educa4on at least occasionally to adults and senior ci4zens.
Ques,ons, comments? [email protected] or www.mediaeduca4on.fi More informa,on: Reports and guidelines Finnish Media Educa4on. Promo4ng Media and Informa4on Literacy in Finland (KAVI, 2014) Good Media Literacy. Na4onal Policy Guidelines 2013-‐2016 (Finnish Ministry on Educa4on and Culture, 2013) Libraries and Media 2012. Study on the status of media educa4on in public libraries. (Finnish Ministry of Educa4on and Culture, 2012, summary in English) Research and publica4ons about Media Educa4on in Finland, media use of children and young people etc. by Finnish Society on Media Educa4on
Thank you!
Organisa,ons Finnish Society on Media Educa4on's website provides news, publica4ons and informa4on about media educa4on in Finland -‐ also a newsleeer in English! Na4onal Audiovisual Ins4tute (KAVI) and The Finnish Centre for Media Educa4on and Audiovisual Programmes (MEKU) Verke -‐ Na4onal Development Centre for Online Youth Work Libraries in Finland Media Educa4on site for Libraries (in Finnish) Video: Libraries as Media Educators