This document summarizes Finnish approaches to media education. It discusses the history of media education in Finland including its inclusion in school curriculums. It outlines key aspects of media education such as developing information management skills, learning to produce media messages, and learning critical understanding and participation in media. It also describes different perspectives or "tribes" that have influenced Finnish media education, including a technology tribe focused on ICT skills, a protection tribe focused on harmful content, a critical tribe focused on participation and empowerment, and a culture research tribe focused on cultural meaning-making.
1. Finnish approaches to media
education
Ph.D., Researcher Reijo Kupiainen
University of Tampere
Academy of Finland
Finnish Society on Media Education
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2. Finnish approaches to media education
1. Short history of
media education
2. Media education in
curriculum
3. Young people and
media
4. The future of media
education
3. (Source: Kupiainen, Sintonen & Suoranta (2008), Decades of Finnish Media Education. [http://www.mediakasvatus.fi/publications/])
4.
5. School and media education
• Art teaching
• Finnish
language
• Media projects
with local
media
• Newspaper
week
• National
Magazine Day
• School Cinema
• Diploma in
media
6. Media education includes
• development of information management
skills, recognizing how media texts convey
meaning
• learning to product media messages
• learning critical understanding of media
• learning how to participate and impact in the
media (active citizenship)
“Media education is the process of teaching and learning about media. While media
literacy is the outcome – the knowledge and skills learners acquire.” (David Buckingham: Media
Education: Literacy, Learning and Contemporary Culture, 2003)
7. Important objectives of ME
• Media literacy, media skills
• Active citizenship
• Democratic society, cultural diversity and
respect for human rights
• Encourage production, creativity and
interactivity
8. “Tribes” of Finnish media education
The technology tribe
The protection tribe
The critical tribe
The culture research tribe
(Source: Kotilainen & Suoranta 2005, Mediakasvatuksen kaipuu. In: Mediakasvatus 2005. Kansalliset kehittämistarpeet. Oikeusministeriön julkaisuja
5/2005)
9. “Tribes” of Finnish media education
ICT, Information and communication technology
The technology tribe
The protection tribe
The critical tribe
The culture research tribe
(Source: Kotilainen & Suoranta 2005, Mediakasvatuksen kaipuu. In: Mediakasvatus 2005. Kansalliset kehittämistarpeet. Oikeusministeriön julkaisuja
5/2005)
10. “Tribes” of Finnish media education
ICT, Information and communication technology
The technology tribe Harmful content
The protection tribe
The critical tribe
The culture research tribe
(Source: Kotilainen & Suoranta 2005, Mediakasvatuksen kaipuu. In: Mediakasvatus 2005. Kansalliset kehittämistarpeet. Oikeusministeriön julkaisuja
5/2005)
11. “Tribes” of Finnish media education
ICT, Information and communication technology
The technology tribe Harmful content
The protection tribe
The critical tribe
The culture research tribe
Cultural meaning-making
(Source: Kotilainen & Suoranta 2005, Mediakasvatuksen kaipuu. In: Mediakasvatus 2005. Kansalliset kehittämistarpeet. Oikeusministeriön julkaisuja
5/2005)
12. “Tribes” of Finnish media education
ICT, Information and communication technology
The technology tribe Harmful content
The protection tribe
The critical tribe
Participation and empowerment
The culture research tribe
Cultural meaning-making
(Source: Kotilainen & Suoranta 2005, Mediakasvatuksen kaipuu. In: Mediakasvatus 2005. Kansalliset kehittämistarpeet. Oikeusministeriön julkaisuja
5/2005)