New media and education in Latvia
New media and education in Latvia

Summary/Abstract: In the article, the authors present the results of the investigation of the problems and prospects of new media use in the Latvian system of education in the context of the review of e-society development in the world and in Latvia. The aim of the article is to show the place Latvian science and education system occupy, new media study, and instruments used in the quantity of education and the competitiveness of its agents. The results of international research, the documents of the Latvian government and the Ministry of Education and Science, work outcomes of European and Latvian scientists, the results of our own sociological investigations serve as the information grounding for the present research. The research is carried out in three directions – technological, sociocultural and pedagogical. The results of the research have shown that, in Latvia, during the last years there happened a sharp leap in the introduction of new media in the establishments of the education system. Educational institutions are more provided with new media equipment, and new media technologies are used actively for the implementation, coordination and management of a study process. At the same time, this has a poor effect on the development of pedagogical didactics media, and the level of media competence of the pedagogues still remains very low, and the standard educational programmes do not presuppose the media competence training of children either at the stage of pre-school training or at primary school.

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