Jovens canadenses em um mundo conectado

Os professores perante "os nativos digitais"

Acaba de ser publicado o estudo Young Canadians in a Wired World – Phase III: Teachers' Perspectives, pelo Media Awareness Network, do Canadá.

O trabalho procura compreender as atitudes dos professores canadianos relativamente às tecnologias em rede na sala de aula, respondendo às perguntas: "será que promovem a aprendizagem e qual o seu impacte na relação professor-aluno?".

"Os resultados sugerem que existem desafios significativos a ultrapassar quanto à integração da tecnologia em processos significativos que enriqueçam o processo de aprendizagem", observa o documento que inclui também referência a um conjunto de 'boas práticas'.

Para consultar os estudos da fase I e II, bem como outros estudos da mesma fonte: AQUI.

Notícia sobre o estudo: Canadian teachers positive about technology in the classroom but acknowledge challenges

Via Blog Educomunicação (Manuel Pinto) . 22 fev 2012

Impacto da televisão sobre crianças

Television’s Impact on Kids

Television is one of the most prevalent media influences in kids' lives. According to Kids' Take on Media, a survey conducted in 2003 by the Canadian Teachers’ Federation, watching TV is a daily pastime for 75 percent of Canadian children, both boys and girls from Grade 3 to Grade 10.

How much impact TV has on children depends on many factors: how much they watch, their age and personality, whether they watch alone or with adults, and whether their parents talk with them about what they see on TV.

To minimize the potential negative effects of television, it's important to understand what the impact of television can be on children. Below you will find information on some areas of concern.

The Media Awareness Network

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Leia também David Buckingham: A Formidable Achievement in Media Education clicando aqui.

David Buckingham: um feito formidável na educação para as mídias

David Buckingham: A Formidable Achievement in Media Education

Writing about media education at both the theoretical and practical levels is a major challenge. Fortunately, while the number of publications is increasing, let's acknowledge that this is indeed a rarefied but important endeavour. However, the intellectual credibility and advancement of the media education movement depend on constantly reappraising our pedagogical practices.

Among the small group of published media educators, one of the most influential and, I should add, prolific, is David Buckingham, Professor of Education and Director of the Centre for the Study of Children, Youth and Media at the University of London's Institute of Education. (The Institute of Education is the UK's leading graduate school of education.)

Barry's Bulletin

March 2003

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Leia mais sobre David Buckingham clicando aqui na página do Instituto Alana (Crescer na era das mídias eletrônicas), ali na Revista Nova Escola (David Buckingham fala sobre educação para as mídias) e acolá no MidiAtiva (Recriando a TV na sala de aula).