MEDIA EDUCATION: FROM PASSIVE CONSUMERS TO ACTIVE CREATORS Erasmus Project

Project Title

MEDIA EDUCATION: FROM PASSIVE CONSUMERS TO ACTIVE CREATORS

Project Key Action

This project related with these key action: Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices

Project Action Type

This project related with this action type : Strategic Partnerships for school education

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2014

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: ICT – new technologies – digital competences; Creativity and culture; New innovative curricula/educational methods/development of training courses

Project Summary

The project „Media education: From passive consumers to active creators“ focuses on finding the best ways of implementing and teaching media education at secondary schools of six European countries. It aims at creating materials and teaching plans for hands-on approach of teaching media education in different forms: as an individual subject, after-school activity or/and cross-curricular theme. The joint search for and creation of “transnational” teaching materials which may be used in any European country is another justification of this partnership.
The project starts with the student-centered survey about the usage and understanding of different types of media and the teacher-centered survey regarding their perception of media education at schools, its necessity and ways of teaching. The surveys will provide needed foundations for the form and content of teaching materials which will be designed jointly by the teachers of the schools involved in the project. Subsequently, these materials and teaching plans will be tested during three short-time learning activities for our students. The learners will learn to use simple media production technologies and techniques while creating media outputs in the form of videos, newspapers, websites and counter advertisements on three main subjects: gender stereotypes, health and lifestyle and global issues. They will compare and share their different views and usages of media resources from their country´s point of view which will bring yet another dimension to this national cooperative media education. The after-teaching evaluation by the teachers and the students and follow-up resulting changes will ensure that the teaching plans are ready-to-go materials with correct timing, aims and content relevant to young people of modern Europe. To support the project´s longevity and sustainability, the website European Media education lab will be established which will contain all materials, ideas and links to useful tools for hands-on teaching of media education. We have the intention and aspiration to make this website a main resource of information on media education not only in our countries but others, as well.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 148615 Eur

Project Coordinator

Stredna priemyselna skola Svidnik & Country: SK

Project Partners

• Agrupamento de Escolas de Casquilhos
• IES DISTRICTE MARÍTIM
• 11th Lyceum Peristeriou
• IIS Bertarelli – Ferraris