Author

Cahit Erdem

Year

2018

Publisher

http://www.pesar.org/

DOI/Link

https://doi.org/10.25272/b.978-605-68010-6-8

Abstract

Media literacy is one of the most important twenty-first century
skills considering the role of the rapidly developing information and
communication technologies and media in individuals’ lives. To have people get prepared for requirements of the new century, it is needed to provide media literacy education for them at elementary, secondary and tertiary levels. Attempts to provide this education have been in progress around the
world for a long time though these efforts have recently started in Turkey. One significant aspect of media literacy education is that it should focus on students’ critical thinking and problem-solving skills as they are also accepted as among the twenty first century skills. To this end, learning and teaching experiences of media literacy education should rest on these skills. Problem based learning can serve for this purpose. This chapter provides insights as to how problem-based learning activities can be used in media literacy education. Therefore, a body of knowledge on media literacy and
problem based learning is provided which is followed by ways to integrate problem based learning into media literacy education.

Language

English

Keywords

Media and Information Literacy