media education in early childhood education
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Presentation by Varpu Ojala, Early education specialist, The City of Espoo, Finland.TRANSCRIPT
Media education in early
childhood education –experiences from national and municipality levels
Varpu Ojala, Early education specialist, The City of Espoo, Finland
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The early childhood media education
in Finland – Media Muffin project
• The Media Muffin project carried out by The Ministry of Education and Culture during 2006-2007
• Target group
– All children under 8 –years old
– The teachers and other adults working with children
– The parents of the children
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• The main goals of the Media Muffin project
– To start a vivid discussion about the influence of the media
– To activate a group of expects who support the practises, the theory and the research of media education.
– To make media education a stable part of small childrens education
– To educate the people working in early education
– To make new educative material
– To inform that the media is an excellent way to educate and upbring children.
The early childhood media education in
Finland – Media Muffin project
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The outcome of The Media
Muffin project
• Educative material to all units in Finland
• Education to the people working in early
education
• A guideline for early education media education
to all units in Finland
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About The City of Espoo early
education
– Early education staff ~ 3200 people, ~ 1/3 are
teachers, ~ 2/3 other staff
– Children attending early education ~ 11000
– day- care units ~ 180
– smaller units ~ 80
+ private early education
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Basic tasks for early education
in The City of Espoo
• Care
• Education
• Teaching
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Some ongoing specified tasks
in The City Espoo City
– Early education plan for the unit
– A plan for a child´s early education
– Individual care system
– Childs and families implication
– Parental engagement
– Environmental issues
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Basis for media education
• Growing, developing and growing through
– playing
– physical activities
– artistic experiences and self expression
– exproration
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• Orientations
– mathematical
– historical-societal
– aresthetic
– ethical
– religious-philosophical
Basis for mediaeducation /2
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The basis for media
education is great!
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Media educating in The City of
Espoo
Forms of education
– lecture
– workshops in distrcts
– workshops in units
– early education and parents learning together
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Challenges as starting the
media education
• ”I do not understand the media!”
• ”Everything changes so quicly!”
• ”Where do I get some information?”
• ”The parents!”
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Learning about the media
education
• ”This is so important!”
• ”We have already done this!”
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How to implement
and understand the
ece media education?
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Development of the critical
skills
1. Functional skills
2. Practical skills
3. Critical skills
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Ece media education
Skills to learn
1. Safety skills
2. Emotion related skills
3. Social skills
4. Receiving and producing skills
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The future of the early
education media
education?
