Examining media literacy levels of prospective teachers

Taşkın İnan; Turan Temur

Vol. 4 No. 2 (2012) IEJEE

Examining media literacy levels of prospective teachers

Taşkın İnan
Turan Temur

Published August 23, 2017 | Pages: 269-285 | Views: 511

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Abstract

As in many other countries, following the 2007-2008 education year when media literacy courses
began to be included in the curricula, media literacy has become one of the discussion topics among
educators and decision makers in Turkey. Discussion topics related to media literacy have included
who is going to give the media literacy courses, what qualifications will be sought out in media
literacy education teachers, what will be included in the media literacy curriculum in terms of its
content, and at what level the media literacy course will be given.
The current study which aims to examine media literacy levels of prospective teachers utilized the
survey method. The sample of the study included prospective teachers (480) attending Elementary
School Education, Social Studies Education and Turkish Language Education departments in the
Education Faculty at the Dumlupinar University in the 2008-2009 education year.
The results of the study showed that prospective teachers have a low level of reaction to media
messages, do not educate people around enough about the effects of media, but make use of
different sources of media to gain information, and are cognizant of media literacy.

As in many other countries, following the 2007-2008 education year when media literacy courses began to be included in the curricula, media literacy has become one of the discussion topics among educators and decision makers in Turkey. Discussion topics related to media literacy have included who is going to give the media literacy courses, what qualifications will be sought out in media literacy education teachers, what will be included in the media literacy curriculum in terms of its content, and at what level the media literacy course will be given. The current study which aims to examine media literacy levels of prospective teachers utilized the survey method. The sample of the study included prospective teachers (480) attending Elementary School Education, Social Studies Education and Turkish Language Education departments in the Education Faculty at the Dumlupinar University in the 2008-2009 education year. The results of the study showed that prospective teachers have a low level of reaction to media messages, do not educate people around enough about the effects of media, but make use of different sources of media to gain information, and are cognizant of media literacy.

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Keywords

Media Literacy, media education, critical media literacy, social studies

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Taşkın İnan

Dumlupinar University, Turkey

Turan Temur

Dumlupinar University, Turkey

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İnan, T., & Temur, T. (2017). Examining media literacy levels of prospective teachers. International Electronic Journal of Elementary Education, 4(2), 269–285. Retrieved from https://iejee.com/index.php/IEJEE/article/view/199