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Media education and digital literacy of blind high school students
Fraiová, Anna ; Wolák, Radim (advisor) ; Šťastná, Lucie (referee)
The paper addresses issues of media education in blind high-school students, especially in the topical context of digital media. The theoretical part devotes to problems of education of visually impaired persons. Next, concern the subsumption of media education as a cross- sectional subject into Czech primary and high-schools education. This part is also concerned with specific digital media and extensive opportunities of its utilization for visually impaired persons. In the experimental part of the paper, discrete components of digital literacy of sightless high-school students are analysed. The method of focused (semi-structured) interviews was selected. Interviews were executed with ten visually impaired high-school students and subsequently analysed with the help of qualitative content analysis. The aim of the paper is to give a notice on dependence of blind people to digital media and its specifics and, in this conjunction, emphasise the importance of media education.
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Children as propagators of media literacy in the family
Říhová, Aneta ; Wolák, Radim (advisor) ; Šťastná, Lucie (referee)
Title: Children as propagators of media literacy in the family Type of thesis: Bachelor thesis Author: Aneta Říhová, B.A. Supervisor: Radim Wolák, M.A. The bachelor thesis deals with the spreading of media literacy in families. Concretely, attention is paid to the relation between the media education, which is established into the school curriculum and whether the scholars of primary schools in connection with completed lessons become, or at least can become propagators of media literacy. Today is media literacy achievement mostly associated with the school media education. But it is the family environment, where the children's relationship with the media is established from early childhood. The actual effect of children on the propagation of media literacy in families has not yet received significant attention. In the theoretical part of the thesis are presented the initial concepts and realised research is included in the wider context of media education in families. The empirical part of the thesis presents the results of the research, which was based on four semi-structured interviews in two families - separately parent and a child attending upper primary school or an equivalent year of grammar school. The work does not aim to produce generalizable results, but attempts to draw attention to...
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First Teachers, Then Students: Media Education in the Czech Republic.
Kunzik, Nicole ; Jirák, Jan (advisor) ; Hanley, Seán (referee)
1 As more media continues to become available, there is an ever-growing need to consider how certain technologies and media messages affect users and society overall. The aim of this dissertation is to develop an understanding of media literacy in the Czech Republic and to investigate its significance within education, particularly teacher education. The research methods adopted for this study include an in-depth review of relevant media literacy literature, coupled with interviews from Czech Pedagogical Faculty members, and analyses of Czech national policy and university curricular documents. The findings from this work show that the main benefit of media literacy in primary and secondary schools is a non-hierarchical learning environment that encourages discussion, interaction, and critical thinking amongst students. Additionally, current media education policy in the Czech Republic is found to be ineffective. The main conclusion is that with more required media literacy courses or even a national standard for media literacy in teacher education programmes, the Czech Republic could improve teaching methods and present policy.
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Self-reflection of my own media experience with a smartphone as a development of media literacy: autoetnography
Veberová, Klára ; Hodboď, Vojtěch (advisor) ; Soukup, Martin (referee)
The subject of this autoethnography is the self-reflection of my own media experience, which I experience daily with a smartphone. The aim of the work is to discover my intimate and individual media experience with the most used technology and to see how this professional self-reflection can lead to the development of media literacy. Current times and society are changing ever more rapidly due to technological developments, which is why we need to adapt to these changes individually throughout our lives. The first part of the thesis thus describes theoretical basis concerning media literacy and self-reflection in the context of post-modern times, the current approach to media education, the concept of dynamic lifelong learning and the new, transformative competences needed for a happy life in the 21st century. The second part of the thesis explains the qualitative methodological process of autoethnography and data collection, which took place over six months through a self-reflective journal. The final part of the work uncovers thematic categories gained from the data set, in which I deconstructed that a smartphone means for me above all security, health, ambivalence, self-fulfilment, but overall the satisfaction of these needs. I noticed that I changed the way of thinking, my opinions, behaviour, emotions,...
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Media literacy through the eyes of primary school and eight-year grammar school students
Radinová, Jolana ; Tuček, Milan (advisor) ; Císař, Ondřej (referee)
Diploma thesis deals with the issue of media literacy among older school-age pupils. The aim of the thesis is to present how the pupils of the second level of primary schools and grammar schools understand media literacy and the concepts connected with it. The theoretical part of the thesis provides a basic overview of media literacy associated with the definition of terms closely related to this topic and approaches the current form of school media education in the Czech Republic. The empirical part maps the opinions of pupils of two primary schools and pupils of two eight-year grammar schools on this issue. The research was conducted by using a qualitative method of focus group.
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Media Education in grammar school - Objectives and Reality
Hronová, Barbora ; Wolák, Radim (advisor) ; Jirák, Jan (referee)
The diploma thesis "Media Education in grammar school - Objectives and Reality" is focused on the introduction of a new topic in Czech schools - media education - as a part of the new reforms of the education system. The first part of the thesis defines the concept of media literacy in the context of different types of new literacies. Media education presents particular ways of how to increase media literacy. The thesis deals with the historical development of media education, various approaches to the media education movement, conditions abroad and questions under debate of this domain. The first part also illustrates different forms of media education in the Czech Republic, the new reform of media system and its formation, actual status of media education and its conception in mandatory documents. The second part of the thesis is empirical research that used the qualitative method focus group in discussion with students of grammar school. The research was executed in four groups. Students in two of the groups are passing at this moment subject of media issues, students in the other two groups never went over this subject.
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Media pedagogy as a field of study
Mackenzie, Karolína ; Wolák, Radim (advisor) ; Jirák, Jan (referee)
The diploma theses focus on Media pedagogy as a field of study. It analyzes the educational frameworks for primary and secondary schools which focuses on topic of media. By this it analyzes the possibilities of education for Czech teachers and feature educators. The result is the intersection between requirements of frameworks and current educational possibilities for teachers. Firstly it describes topics that are covered by czech educational systém described in educational frameworks, then it analyzes topics that suppose to be covered but are not provided by current offer of courses. The topics that are demanded by the frameworks are compared with possibilities introduced by foreign universities. By that it introduces programs and subjects that can be an inspiration for czech educational systém. The intersection provies key subjects and topics that can be helpful as a proposal of new college degree Media pedagogy which could prepare czech media education teachers for their subject. Provided structure reflects current demands introduced by frameworks as well as modern didactics in the field of media education and trends in media studies.
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