Media Education in Slovene Preschools: A Review of Four Studies
Keywords:
media literacy, media education, preschool children, preschool teacher, early childhood education
Abstract
In Slovenia, the concept of media literacy has been integrated into the formal education system, including early childhood education. The Preschool Curriculum sets certain goals to be followed in educating preschool
children on media-related topics. Research done in other Member States of the EU points to the conclusion that the actual implementation and delivery of media education is both fragmented and inconsistent as well as
dependent on the interests and motivation of individual preschool teachers. They are the ones who, in accordance with their professional capacity and autonomy, include the goals set in the curriculum into an actual
learning process in preschools, also determining the timing and manner of this. The aim of this article is to review, compare, and analyse the data from recent research on the media education of preschool children in Slovenia in order to better understand how preschool teachers in Slovenia assess their capacity to work with media as well as their media literacy levels, which media they use, and how the media education is conducted
in the groups of preschool children.
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Erjavec, K. (2010). Media literacy of schoolgirls and schoolboys in an information society. Sodobna pedagogika, 61(1), 174–191.
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MIZÅ (1999). Kurikulum za vrtce [Curriculum for kindergarten]. Retrieved from http://www.mizs.gov.si/fileadmin/mizs.gov.si/pageuploads/podrocje/vrtci/pdf/vrtci_kur.pdf
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KovaÄiÄ, A., Mavri, B., & Rek, M.(2016). PredÅ¡olski otroci in vpliv medijev [Preschool children and influence of the media]. PedagoÅ¡ka obzorja, 31(2), 20–35.
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parents_nov2015.pdf
Rek, M., & Milanovski Brumat, K. (2016). Mediji in predšolski otroci v Sloveniji [Media and preschool children in Slovenia]. Ljubljana: Fakulteta za medije. Retrieved from http://pismenost.si/pdf/Raziskava_predsolski_otroci_Slovenija_2016_v13.7.pdf
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Usar, K., & Stritar, U. (2012). Nesmiselna uporaba IK sredstev pri delu z otroki v vrtcu [Un/ reasonableness of ICT use while working with children in preschool]. Ljubljana: Zavod RS za Å¡olstvo. Retrieved from http://www.zrss.si/pdf/010213121009_nesmiselna_uporaba_ik_sredstev_pri_neposrednem_delu_z_otroki_v_vrtcu.pdf
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ZupanÄiÄ, T., ÄŒagran, B., & Mulej, M. (2015). Preschool teaching staff’s opinions on the importance of preschool curricular fields of activities, art genres and visual arts fields. Ceps Journal, 5(4), 9–29.
Published
2019-03-25
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Rek, M. (2019). Media Education in Slovene Preschools: A Review of Four Studies. Center for Educational Policy Studies Journal, 9(1), 45-60. https://doi.org/10.26529/cepsj.659
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