This presentation was given by Nicoleta Fotiade as part of the MEDEAnet webinar on "Researching Media Literacy in Europe" on 28 November 2013. MEDEAnet aims to promote media-based learning to organisations and practitioners through local training and networking events, online resources and knowledge sharing. MEDEAnet will also exploit best practices of the annual competition MEDEA Awards and extend its existing informal network and support the MEDEA Association, a membership organisation that ensures the sustainability of the MEDEA Awards. More info: http://www.medeanet.eu/

1. Promoting media-based learning to
organisations and practitioners through local
training and networking events,
online resources and knowledge sharing
Charting Media & Learning in
Europe 2012
The Romanian Chapter
Nicoleta Fotiade
ActiveWatch, Romania
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2. The MEDEAnet Survey 2012
• 2nd in a series of three reports
• AIM: to chart the media and learning
landscape in Europe
• MORE Specifically: it describes the situation at
national and regional level for Estonia,
Greece, Romania, Baden-Wurttemberg (DE),
Flanders (BE) and Upper Austria.
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3. The MEDEAnet Survey 2012
• It builds on the contents of the first report
• MAIN FOCUS on curriculum design and
highlights of good practice,
• DISTINCTION between (a) media-based
learning and (b) education for media literacy.
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4. Media Literacy (ML)
Definitions
• Diversity of perspectives of the MEDEAnet
partners,
• 3 important common components of the ML
definitions: ability, opportunity and attitude
(please see Comparative Exercise in report).
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5. The MEDEAnet Survey 2012
MAIN CONCLUSIONS
• Minimal changes in ME policy,
• Strong difference in the national initiatives for
ME (possible reason: difference in school
autonomy),
• A variety of ways integrating ML in curriculum,
• Possible discrepancy between ML in curriculum
and effective daily classroom practice,
• Still space for growth from the ICT approach to
the cultural one.
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6. The MEDEAnet Survey 2012
MAIN Recommendations
• National policy should acknowledge media
literacy for compulsory education (RO/GR/BG/EE)
• Better coordination at state level to put media
education into practice (DE/BE/AUS),
• More investment in teacher training (all partner
countries),
• More academic research and dialogue between
media and education researchers and the
teaching staff.
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7. Promoting media-based learning to
organisations and practitioners through local
training and networking events,
online resources and knowledge sharing
The ROMANIAN Chapter
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8. The ROMANIAN Chapter –
FINDINGS
At education policy level:
• Still no mention of media literacy in its wider
understanding in policy papers,
• In 2012 several media and learning upgrades
(focus on ICT education and e-learning).
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9. The ROMANIAN Chapter
FINDINGS
• Media education is available sporadically for
high school students, much less for younger
children, and nearly at all for adults.
• Quasi-absence of academic research in the
field of media and education and training
programs.
• Lack of institutional support for teachers
willing to innovate.
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10. Curriculum Design – data collection
• 608 subject curriculum documents (key-word
search),
• Compulsory education,
• Both core and optional national school
curricula.
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11. M&L Relevant Curriculum
M&L Curricula in the Romanian Compulsory Education
Total number of
Number of
subject
curriculum
Level of Education
curriculum
documents with
documents
M&L references
studied
Primary education
30
9 (30%)
Gimnazium (5th to
23
14 (61%)
8th grade)
Highschool
Secondary general
(including
education
555
187 (34%)
professional and
technology
education)
Total
608
210 (35%)
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12. Keywords in the Curriculum
(primary/secondary)
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13. The ROMANIAN Chapter –
M&L in the Curriculum
• Although most of the M&L references indeed
present in the core curriculum of secondary
education, not mandatory in practice.
• Mainly teaching-with-the-media
recommendations, very few learning
objectives with media literacy relevance.
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14. The ROMANIAN Chapter –
M&L in the Curriculum
• ICT education - optional at primary school
level and compulsory during secondary
education,
• Media education as a separate optional
subject and embedded into the Social Studies
core curriculum (12th grade, 18-19 years old),
• Also several integrated-modules in civic
education curriculum (lower secondary
education).
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15. The ROMANIAN Chapter –
Recommendations
• Media literacy – important for the present
curriculum reform,
• Support for teacher training programs,
• Academic involvement is key – research,
training and dialogue with teachers for a
nation-wide integration of media literacy in
formal education.
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16. Thank you
Visit our website
www.medeanet.eu
For further questions
nicoleta@activewatch.ro
This project has been funded with support from the European Commission
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