EduPort 2020, 4(1):30-35 | DOI: 10.21062/edp.2020.004

Digital and media literacy of primary education teachers

Mária Karasová
Katolícka univerzita v Ružomberku, Pedagogická fakulta, Katedra predškolskej a elementárnej pedagogiky (Slovenská republika)

This contribution is focused on the intertwining and peculiarities of the given literacy, at the same time is showing a partial results of our research, which examined the self-assessment of teachers' readiness in the field of media literacy. The quantitative part of the study was attended by 151 teachers of primary education represented by each region of Slovakia. In the case of teachers, we used a questionnaire and, from qualitative methods, observation and interview with school management. It also describes the problems in practice that teachers and future primary school teachers is facing. The results showed that teachers consider their media literacy skills to be average and consider their undergraduate training to be insufficient. The results of the research show the need for further education of teachers and the improvement of the training of future teachers in the field of digital and media literacy and in general in the development of competencies in the field of the use of ICT in education.

Keywords: Digital literacy, media literacy, teacher, pupil, primary education, research, media education.

Prepublished online: December 17, 2020; Published: December 10, 2020  Show citation

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Karasová M. Digital and media literacy of primary education teachers. EduPort. 2020;4(1):30-35. doi: 10.21062/edp.2020.004.
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