ABSTRACT

In many countries stakeholders take initiatives to stimulate students’ media literacy, such as (free) distribution of newspapers to teachers, the so-called Newspapers in Education (NiE) programmes. The aim of these initiatives is to promote reading, stimulate interactive ways of teaching and create a generation of critical thinkers and informed citizens. The success and effectiveness of initiatives of this kind depend on how teachers use newspapers as teaching tools in class. In this study we examine the use of a local NiE programme and shed light on its determining factors. 454 Flemish teachers (Belgium) in primary and secondary education and 219 student teachers (Bachelors and Masters) participated in the study, which followed a mixed-methods approach. The results show that if newspapers are (freely) distributed, teachers use them as teaching tools quite intensively as teaching tools. One of the most determining factors is the extent to which teachers use media themselves and work on media creation in their classrooms. This finding indicates that school board members, pedagogical counsellors and teacher educators can support and stimulate NiE programmes by paying explicit attention to these elements, e.g., during pre- and in-service training as well as by focusing on the development of media literacy competencies of teachers.

摘要

在许多国家/地区，利益相关者采取了一些举措来激发学生的媒体素养，例如（免费）向教师分发报纸，即所谓的教育报纸（NiE）计划。这些举措的目的是促进阅读，激发互动式的教学方式，并培养一批批判性的思想家和知识渊博的公民。这种举措的成功与否，取决于教师在课堂上如何使用报纸作为教学工具。在这项研究中，我们检查了本地NiE程序的使用并阐明了其决定因素。这项研究采用了混合方法，参加了该研究的454名佛兰德语教师（比利时）和比利时的219名学生教师（学士和硕士）。结果表明，如果报纸（自由）分发，教师将它们作为教学工具非常密集地用作教学工具。最决定性的因素之一是教师自己使用媒体并在课堂上从事媒体创作的程度。这一发现表明，学校董事会成员，教学顾问和教师教育者可以通过特别关注这些要素来支持和激发NiE计划，例如在职前和在职培训期间，以及着重于提高媒体素养能力。老师。