THE USE OF NEW MEDIA AND ICT AS A TOOL FOR DEVELOPMENT OF PUPILS´ MEDIA LITERACY
THE USE OF NEW MEDIA AND ICT AS A TOOL FOR DEVELOPMENT OF PUPILS´ MEDIA LITERACY

Summary/Abstract: Media education is perceived as learning about media, which includes construction of knowledge about the social status of media, their functions and conditions for creating media content (knowledge-attitudinal dimension of media education). On the other hand, however, media education includes skill-building related to the practical use of media and creation of media content (skill dimension). In this paper, the opportunities offered by new media and information and communication technology in the field of development of media literacy and in learning about media, as well as pupils´ creation of media content, are identified. Teachers of the second stage of selected primary schools in Slovakia are involved in the research. Using a questionnaire survey, we identify the purpose and frequency of the use of new media and ICT during class and, on the basis of responses, examples of the use of new media and ICT are summarized in order to develop pupils´ media literacy. The aim of the paper is to review the current state of the use of new media and ICT in teaching and to summarize examples of teaching practice.

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