MEDIA EDUCATION IN FINNISHEARLYCHILDHOOD AND PRE- AND PRIMARYEDUCATION

Ville Alanen

Master of Education, Classteacher, Laajavuori primaryschool, Vantaa

THE EDUCATIONALSYSTEM IN FINLAND

Day careDay care

Pre-schoolPre-school

Comprehensive schoolComprehensive schoolAge

7-16

6

-6

Age

7-16

6

-6

LEVELS OF CURRICULUM

National level National CoreCurriculum, National Pre-SchoolCoreCurriculum, The principles of earlyeducation

Muncipallevel MuncipalCurriculum, MuncipalPre-SchoolCurriculum, Muncipalprinciples of earlyeducation

Unitlevel School-specific curriculum Pre-School-specific curriculum Unitspecificprinciples of earlyeducation

MEDIA EDUCATION IN EARLYCHILDHOOD

The principles of earlyeducation Differentorientations

Matematical Naturalcientical Historical-sosical Estetical Religious-Ethical

The teachersfollowchildren’spopculture, whichnowadaysincludes media

THEMES

SafetySkills EmotionSkills Social Skills Skills to produce and receive media and

communicate via media

Tools: PLAY! TRY and DO! WONDER!

MEDIA EDUCATION IN PRE-SCHOOL

Supporting learning environment

Opportunity to: Test and try media devices Fiqure out and learn pictures Observe voice-environment

Tools: PLAY! TRY and DO! WONDER! LEARN!

CONTENT OF CURRICULUM Subjects in the first and secondgrades

Mothertongue, Mathematics, Environmental and naturalsciences, Religion/Ethics, Music, Visual arts, Crafts and Physicaleducation

Cross-Curricularthemes Crowth as a person Culturalidentity and internationality Media skills and communication Participatorycitizenship and entrepreneurship Responsibility for the environment, well-being, and

sustainablefuture Safety and traffic Technology and the individual

MEDIA SKILLS AND COMMUNICATIONAS A CROSS-CURRICULARTHEME The goals

improveskills in expression and interaction

to advanceunderstanding of media´s position and importance

to improveskills in using the media as producers and recipients

MEDIA EDUCATION IN SUBJECTCURRICULA

Mothertongue and literature(1st and 2nd grades)

The pupilswill … developtheirreading and writingskills, includingtheir media literacy, and theircommunicationcapabilities, in an information-tecnologylearningenvironment.

Description of goodperformance at the end of the secondgrade: pupils’ media literacywillsuffice for followingprogrammesoriented to theiragegroup.

MEDIA EDUCATION IN SUBJECTCURRICULA Visual arts(gradesfrom 1st to 4th)

Corecontents The media and visualcommunication

Fundamentals of visualnarration: fromstory to picture, close-up and overview, combiningimage and text.

illustration, comicstrips, advertisingimages, photography, video and digitalimage

criticalstydy and ivestigation of visualcommunication in television, computergames, films, comicstrips, and advertising.

Description of good performance at the end of the 4th grade:

Pupils know how to evaluate their use of the media, make their own choices, and justify their viewpoints

IN PRACTISE

Media as tool Media as content

Media club Digital cameras Computer software Social media Smartboards

CHILD’SROOLS AS A

Mediakasvatus esi- ja alkuopetuksessa, Kerhokeskus, 2009

IN THE FUTURE

New distribution of lesson hours New subjects?

New National CoreCurriculum Role of Media education

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