What, Why and How Media Literacy Education in the Primary Course

Subject Areas : Infomartion Technology

Saeid Ansari ¹ , Farhad Seraji ² , Mohammad Reza Yousefzadeh ³

1 - Bu-Ali Sina University
2 - Associate Professor, Dept. of Educational Sciences, Bu Ali Sina University
3 - Associate Professor, Dept. of Educational Sciences, Bu Ali Sina University

Received: 2021-03-05 Accepted : 2021-05-31 Published : 2021-06-22

Keywords: Curriculum, Media literacy education, Primary course,

Abstract :

Media literacy education as a way of empowering children against multimedia is a necessity in an age of constant change. Due to this necessity and various researches done in this field, the main purpose of this paper is to explain what, why and how to teach media literacy in primary course. The present research was conducted through a systematic review method, which was selected 20 items from the searched sources based on levels the identification, screening, competency and include. The findings, in addition to explaining the components of media literacy education(caring, critical and creative thinking), emphasize the psychological characteristics of primary course students on the one hand and the specific media targeting of children on the other hand for the necessity of media literacy education. Also studying and analyzing media literacy education models shows that media literacy education in primary course should be based on reasoning and research and it requires the child to be in a conversation-based research community space in which case challenging content with Research capability and tailored to the child's lived experience and Self-awareness assessment of curriculum elements in this field will be.

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