Solutions for Increasing Teachers' Media and Information Literacy

Subject Areas : Media Management

jahandar amiri ¹ , ARDASHIR ZABOLIZADA ² , SAJAD KARAMI ³

1 - Department of Communications of Irib University
2 - FACULTY MEMBER
3 - TEACHER

Received: 2018-06-10 Accepted : 2019-08-11 Published : 2019-11-22

Keywords: Teachers, Education, media and information literacy, Information Resources,

Abstract :

Abstract of reaserch The Ministry of Education is the country's most formal educational organization and its teachers are an essential pillar of the organization.With the development of mass media and the involvement of various institutions in the field of education, the educational monopoly of this organization has been practically broken, especially in the field of new technologies.Many teens and teenagers misuse the Internet and information and communication resources.They do not have effective training in the use of information and communication resources at home and at school, on the other hand they do not have a specific institution to guide them.And according to research on the differences in Internet and media literacy of students and teachers, parents and teachers cannot teach students how to use modern media and information resources.And the need to increase teachers' media literacy and solutions that are the subject of this research has become an important issue.The methodology of this research is about strategies for enhancing teachers' media and information literacy, qualitative content analysis, and is based on documentary studies and semi-structured interviews.The statistical population consisted of media and information literacy experts and education experts and the data were collected through semi-structured interviews until theoretical saturation.Based on the results, training skills 1- Accessibility, 2- Use-application, 3- Evaluation-Analysis and 4) Production. It has a major impact on enhancing teachers' media and information literacy, with suggested solutions tailored to these skills. Keywords: media and information literacy, teachers, education, information resources