What is it about?
In an increasingly saturated information and infoxicated world, Media Literacy emerges as a necessity for effective filtering of the vast amount of information we consume. The present research aims to quantitatively analyze the level of media competencies of Colombian(Medellin) and Ecuadorian (Loja and Zamora) teachers by means of the application of an adaptation of the taxonomy from the media competencies model, which consists of 6 dimensions and a total of 12 indicators. The total analyzed sample was comprised of 654 teachers from 81 public and private institutions. A data-gathering instrument was used with the aim of determining their level of media competencies from each of the dimensions. The results showed a low to medium level of media competency knowledge, which illustrated the need for priority interventions based on local, regional and international works, namely those that mobilize scientific, academic and political collaboration to improve the performance of a population that should lead the general training of citizens in media competencies.
Featured Image
Why is it important?
This article aims to delve deeper into the issue of how and who prepares us to make correct use of the media in the defined context.
Perspectives
The conclusions of this study show how the use of the media is not sufficient to provide adequate media literacy.
Dr Ignacio Aguaded
Univdersity of Huelva
Read the Original
This page is a summary of: Media Competencies for the Citizenship Training of Teachers from Andean America: Colombia and Ecuador, Paidéia (Ribeirão Preto), April 2017, FapUNIFESP (SciELO),
DOI: 10.1590/1982-43272766201710.
You can read the full text:
Contributors
The following have contributed to this page
