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Aspects on Media Educationin FinlandFinnish Society on Media Education

The Finnish Society onMedia Education• NGO founded in 2005 by

researchers and professionals of media education– Funded by the Finnish Ministry

of Education and Culture and society’s members

• Operates nationally, supports various actors organisation in different regions also international networks – as strong as its members and

partners! 54 community members and over 200 personal members

– plus other partners and networks

• Target group: Society as a whole, with a special focus on professionals working with children and the young

More information on FSME

Goals and activities of the FSME• to promote and

develop ME and MIL in Finland

• operates as a “knowledge center or a hub”, linking people, actors and ideas

• supports media education professionals, researchers, teachers, youth workers, early childhood educators, cultural & social workers, organisations and communities

• provide information, networks, materials, publications, training, events, seminars

Online service as an eco system for communication- operates in Finnish, Swedish and Englishwww.mediakasvatus.fiwww.mediekunskap.fiwww.mediaeducation.fi

Social media, newsletters, online and offline networks & communities

Raising awareness, influencing policy makers and legislation, keeping media education

on the agenda

THE BRIEF HISTORY OF FINNISH MEDIA EDUCATION

DECADES OF FINNISH MEDIA EDUCATIONReijo Kupiainen, Sara Sintonen & Juha SuorantaFinnish Society on Media Education 2008. http://www.mediakasvatus.fi/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/decadesoffinnishmediaeducation.pdf

MEDIA EDUCATION IN FINLAND: Background

GOOD MEDIA LITERACY.NATIONAL POLICY GUIDELINES 2013–2016 

• Published by Ministry of Education and Culture• formed together with actors of the Finnish ME field• The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child as value base

for ME• One strategic cultural policy priority is to strengthen the

position of media education in Finland• Guidelines examine ML from various angles, especially in

terms of social inclusion, active citizenship, critical thinking, creativity and self-expression

• Guidelines in Englishhttp://www.minedu.fi/export/sites/default/OPM/Julkaisut/2013/liitteet/OKM13.pdf?lang=en

National Core Curriculum 2014 / Finnish National Board of Education

RETHINKING COMPETENCES

National Goals for Basic Education and broad-based Competences- knowledge- skills- values- attitudes- will

Cultural competence, interaction and expressionTaking care of oneself and others, managing daily activities, safetyMultiliteracy

ICT- competence

Competence for the world of work, entrepreneur-shipParticipation and influence, building the sustainable futureThinking and learning to learn

Development as a human being and as

a citizen

Source: National Core Curricula for Basic Education 2014 / National Board of EducationInformation in English about the new Core Curricula: http://www.oph.fi/english/curricula_and_qualifications/basic_education/curricula_2014

FSME’sEthical

principles for media

education

• Key aspects: equality, well-being, active skills• acknowledging and respecting the diversity in children

and young people’s media use and cultures• keeping a critical mind but seeing the good and

beneficial in media• encouraging educators to be curious and open-minded• providing opportunities for self-expression and active

participation within media and access to diverse media• considering learning as omnipresent and based on

dialogue • understanding one’s own personal relation to media

as a starting point for media educational workflow

ETHICAL PRINCIPLES OFMEDIA EDUCATOR- Nordic perspective

CURRENT TOPICS: HATE SPEECHINITIATIVES AND ACTORS

• The Network Against Hate Speech – coordinated by Finnish Youth Cooperation Allianssi– Established in 2016

• Research• Media education in combating

hate speech and disinformation– Strengthening of critical media

skills– The No Hate Speech Movement

(until 2015)• Governmental authorities

– Initiatives against hate speech since the 2010’s

– Societal context: The recent hate crimes in Europe, rice of nationalist extremist groups, fear of violent radicalization

Seminar on hate speech and disinformation Dec 1st-2nd

• For researchers, youth workers, societal actors

• Expert lectures on racism, hate speech, disinformation and related phenomena

• Work shops on rhetorics, fact checking methods, visual literacy, news literacy etc.

CURRENT TOPICS: RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE MEDIA USE OF CHILDREN AND THE YOUNG

• In Finland: the official recommendation is still that the amount of screen time should not be more than 2 hours / day– Is that even possible in today’s

society?– Can we think of any better tools

than measuring time to ensure the well being of children and youth?• Qualitative aspects needed

• Which tools can media educators provide for parents and professionals working with children and the young?

SCREENTIME WEEK, October 2016

• Published the report By the screen. Perspectives of media education professionals on the recommendations for the media use of children and youth and the screen time concept

• Twelve expert writings on the issue were published

• Guidelines for journalists on how to report on the media culture and habits of children and the young

Is ‘screen time’ a concept of the past?

NEWS LITERACY INITIATIVES: THE FACT BAR

NEWS LITERACY INITIATIVES: HUHUMYLLY

NEWS LITERACY INITIATIVES: “DID YOU GO FOR THE CLICK?”

• A media educational resource for teachers about click-friendly news headings

• http://www.mediakasvatus.fi/materiaali/menitko-klikkiin-materiaali-mediakasvatustyohon/

Current topics: a wide selection of themes!

• Supporting multiprofessional work & media educational practices of professionals (e.g. journalists, teachers, museums, libraries, youth work…)

• Strengthening regional co-operation

• Multiliteracy, new curriculums for basic education and pre schools, training

• Radicalisation, hate speech, extremism, social inclusion in media culture

• Popularising academic research on ME, MIL and children's and young people's media culture

• Children right's and digital privacy

• Young people, sexuality and media culture

• Senior citizens and media literacy

Questions? Comments?

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