MEDIA

Report of the thematic working group

THEMATIC GROUP

2010 2011 Chair:

Ivan Ilchev (Bulgaria) Rapporteur:

Joanna Wojdon (Poland) MEMBERS:

Andreja Rihter (Slovenia) Carina Ronnqvist (Sweden) Snjezana Koren (Croatia) Mire Mladenovski

(Macedonia) Mario Antas (Portugal) Ludmila Aleksashkina

(Russia) Robert Beier (Austria)

Chair:Joanna Wojdon (Poland)

Rapporteur: TBA

MEMBERS:Eric (Slovenia) Carina Ronnqvist (Sweden) Snjezana Koren (Croatia) Mire Mladenovski

(Macedonia) Mario Antas (Portugal) Ludmila Aleksashkina

(Russia)

2010 COMMITMENTS

TASK 1

A list of examples of useful websites

for history learning/

teaching and ITTin different countries

A list of the websites of interest

to ITT trainers in our countries.

RESULTSuggestion to include in the questionnaire a

question regarding the Internet resources supporting ITT trainers and trainees, in particular:

ITT guides, textbooks, electronic journals and other publications concerning didactics of history and/or civic education (like e.g. http://www.historyitt.org.uk/)

ready-to-use teaching materials with proposals how to use them during the history/civic education lessons, and/or with didactical commentary (like e.g. http://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/)

bibliographies of publications regarding history/civic education ITT

TASK 2Choose 1-3 controversial historical/political

issues in your country. Ask pupils about their sources of information about these issues

Pilot study (Poland):Internet, press, TV, family and friends, other

2010 OPINION

TEACHERS MUST BE BETTER TRAINED TO USE MEDIA IN THEIR SCHOOL PRACTICE

AND TO TEACH THEIR PUPILS CRITICALLY USE THEM

2011 COMMITMENTS

PART 1 Describe the media-

training equipment of the ITT institutions

in your country (computers, projectors, interactive boards etc.)

PART 2 Give an example of

how teacher trainees

are trained in media didactics – media analysis (different forms from different countries)

2011 HYPOTHESIS

ICT EQUIPMENT IS NOT ESSENTIAL FOR TEACHING MEDIA DIDACTICS – MEDIA

ANALYSIS (THOUGH IT MAY BE HELPFUL)