Examining Media Literacy Levels of Prospective Teachers

Abstract

As in many other countries, following the 2007-2008 education year when media literacy coursesbegan to be included in the curricula, media literacy has become one of the discussion topics amongeducators and decision makers in Turkey. Discussion topics related to media literacy have includedwho is going to give the media literacy courses, what qualifications will be sought out in medialiteracy education teachers, what will be included in the media literacy curriculum in terms of itscontent, and at what level the media literacy course will be given.The current study which aims to examine media literacy levels of prospective teachers utilized thesurvey method. The sample of the study included prospective teachers (480) attending ElementarySchool Education, Social Studies Education and Turkish Language Education departments in theEducation Faculty at the Dumlupinar University in the 2008-2009 education year.The results of the study showed that prospective teachers have a low level of reaction to mediamessages, do not educate people around enough about the effects of media, but make use ofdifferent sources of media to gain information, and are cognizant of media literacy.

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