Media Literacy for Political Cognition in Higher Education

Author(s):  
Chad Woolard

Civic education has long been a goal of liberal education, and many institutions are renewing their commitment to meaningful civic engagement as both a philosophical and educational goal of higher education. Civic engagement and media literacy are essential to fostering democracy. This chapter outlines the shared ideological and pedagogical approaches to civic and political engagement and its connection to media literacy education. The 2016 election cycle has presented a number of challenges for civic engagement and media literacy educators. Many of the core values and beliefs related to critical thinking and information literacy have been challenged.

Author(s):  
Chad Woolard

Civic education has long been a goal of liberal education, and many institutions are renewing their commitment to meaningful civic engagement as both a philosophical and educational goal of higher education. Civic engagement and media literacy are essential to fostering democracy. This chapter outlines the shared ideological and pedagogical approaches to civic and political engagement and its connection to media literacy education. The 2016 election cycle has presented a number of challenges for civic engagement and media literacy educators. Many of the core values and beliefs related to critical thinking and information literacy have been challenged.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Titus Alexander

This paper proposes a theoretical, methodological and practical approach for political science to improve the effectiveness of democratic governance through civic education and engagement. Every state can be seen as an experiment in political science and a working model of how to govern, developed through trial and error, and peer reviewed by citizens in democratic societies. This insight provides a basis for scholars to help citizens address democratic deficits and improve pluralistic politics as a method for solving problems. Treating institutions as experiments also gives scholars new ways to increase effectiveness of research and civic engagement. The paper provides examples from across the world to illustrate seven levels of support for civic engagement that can be developed to strengthen pluralistic democracy. It concludes with three strategies for a large-scale experimental programme to close democratic deficits and improve democracy as a form of government.


Author(s):  
Ann Marie Joanne White

This chapter acknowledges the widespread recognition of the importance of instruction in the area of information literacy and shows how information literacy and critical thinking, another vital skill demanded in more and more fields of endeavor, can be integrated as institutions seek to prepare their students to be able to function effectively in today's knowledge-based environment. Some attention is given to Information Literacy frameworks which aim to guide the development of information literacy and enhance delivery and assessment in this field. It recognizes the importance of information specialists and faculty in higher education institutions to be able to work together to establish and develop Information Literacy programs that will equip students with the relevant skills to be considered information literate. It also touches briefly on pedagogical approaches that may be taken in the delivery of Information Literacy instruction and emphasizes the importance of assessment as a means of enhancing the ultimate value of the process to students who participate.


Author(s):  
Vincent Bowhay ◽  
Jonathan Sadhoo ◽  
Caitlin Cannon

This chapter focuses on the importance of budgets in higher education and their role in advancing civic engagement on college campuses. In a period marked by calls for societal change following the 2020 presidential election, the murders of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor, and the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, higher education may be the only institution left to respond to society's ills. Institutions must find ways to deliver high-quality education safely, while also encouraging active civic learning as a part of the experience. Higher education's investment in civic education will be a key component to any response to the challenges facing America. Institutions must prepare to respond in kind during a period marked by financial uncertainty.


2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 52-77
Author(s):  
Hannah Jeffries ◽  
William McCorkle

This study centers on low youth voter (18-24) turnout nationally by examining a study of teacher candidates at a South Carolina public university. The study is useful to understanding the civic engagement of two important demographics: youth voters and future educators. As teacher candidates, the students tended to have weak civic education backgrounds and a lack of understanding of the inherently political nature of teaching. Paralleling national trends for youth, candidates showed low levels of voter turnout, a disconnect between accessing political information and making informed decisions, and a general cynicism towards electoral politics. The study was able to explore multiple important demographic differences in attitudes towards voting. The study also explored attitudes of practicing teachers towards civic engagement and the implications of these attitudes for K-12 and higher education.


Author(s):  
Elisabeth Adriana Dudziak

O projeto de pesquisa Competências Info-Midiáticas no Ensino Superior (CIMES), ainda em andamento, permite neste momento apresentar apenas alguns resultados parciais. Tomando por base o campo de estudos internacionalmente reconhecido como IML (Information and Media Literacy), o projeto CIMES tem por objetivo implantar um Sistema Educacional Interativo de Promoção da Competência Info-Midiática dos Estudantes de Ensino Superior das universidades públicas brasileiras. Considerando a magnitude do projeto, várias frentes de trabalho têm sido desenvolvidas, traduzidas em sub-projetos a serem implementados paulatinamente, com a colaboração de diferentes agentes. Um destes sub-projetos está relacionado à conceituação da educação para a competência info-midiática e a definição dos processos de ensino-aprendizagem-avaliação. O objetivo deste artigo não é descrever o projeto e sim propor uma reflexão a respeito das diferentes concepções pedagógicas possíveis a serem utilizadas nos processos de educação para a competência em informação. Com base na revisão teórica feita até o momento, resultados parciais revelam que há distintas concepções e apropriações da pedagogia da competência em informação, determinando diferentes tipos e níveis de ação e intervenção no processo de ensino-aprendizagem-avaliação, e respectivos resultados. A pedagogia da competência em informação, em seu nível mais elevado, conduz à emancipação do estudante como usuário e produtor de informação. Definida como fenômeno dialético, a pedagogia da emancipação constrói-se ininterruptamente mediante um diálogo recursivo entre o ser humano e a realidade, entre sujeito e sociedade, entre meio e mensagem. A proposta é avançar na discussão sobre o modelo pedagógico a ser adotado e, a partir dele, considerar o design do processo educacional como um todo.Abstract The research project Info-Media Literacy in Higher Education (CIMES), still not concluded, allows now to present only partial results. Based on the international study field internationally recognized as IML (Information and Media Literacy), the project aims to deploy CIMES an Interactive Educational System for Promotion of Information and Media Literacy for Higher Education Students of Brazilian public universities. Considering the magnitude of the project, various aspects have been developed, translated into sub-projects that have been implemented gradually, with different actors’ collaboration. One of these sub-projects is about the concept information literacy education and teaching-learning-assessment definition. The aim of this article is not to describe the project. The purpose is to propose a reflection about different possible pedagogical assumptions to be used in information literacy education process. Based on literature review done so far, preliminary results show that there are different conceptions of pedagogy and appropriation of information competence, whose determine different types and action and intervention levels in teaching-learning-evaluation processes and its results. The teaching of information competence, at its highest level, leads to the emancipation of the student as a information user and producer. Defined as a dialectical phenomenon, the pedagogy of emancipation is built continuously by a recursive dialogue between man and reality, between subject and society, between medium and message. The proposal of this paper is to advance The proposal is to advance in the discussion about the pedagogical model to be adopted and, through them, consider the desing of the educational process as a whole. 


2006 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Cholisin Cholisin

The draft of core curriculum (national curriculum) if undergraduate program if civic education (S1) is developed upon the agreement between civic education departments from sev­eral higher education institutions /faculties of teacher training and education accepted partner­ship block grant for developing the core curriculum This draft is hoped to be accepted as standard both for those in agreement and not. The core curriculum is developed from the essences of field of study, namely social, profes­sional, personal, and pedagogic competences. From these essences of field study, learning experiences; facilities, education; and academic qualification of lecturer are developed: It was agreed that 60% of the total credits is developed from these essences of field study and the rest (40%) is delegated to each institution in developing


Author(s):  
Ann Marie Joanne White

This chapter acknowledges the widespread recognition of the importance of instruction in the area of information literacy and shows how information literacy and critical thinking, another vital skill demanded in more and more fields of endeavor, can be integrated as institutions seek to prepare their students to be able to function effectively in today's knowledge-based environment. Some attention is given to Information Literacy frameworks which aim to guide the development of information literacy and enhance delivery and assessment in this field. It recognizes the importance of information specialists and faculty in higher education institutions to be able to work together to establish and develop Information Literacy programs that will equip students with the relevant skills to be considered information literate. It also touches briefly on pedagogical approaches that may be taken in the delivery of Information Literacy instruction and emphasizes the importance of assessment as a means of enhancing the ultimate value of the process to students who participate.


Author(s):  
Natasha Casey ◽  
Spencer Brayton

The fields of media literacy and information literacy have different histories and developed through different traditions. Despite these differences, each field has come to a convergence over the last decade, which is important to the development of both. The authors advocate for a combined media and information literacy approach and share the commonalities in support of this interdisciplinary model. This includes a discussion of a collaborative approach in the form of the authors' media and information literacy course, including analysis of student survey responses and feedback included in course reflection papers. The chapter concludes with explanations for the lack of similar models in the United States and the reasons for the lack of alliances between the two fields of study in general.


Author(s):  
Ardhin Primadewi ◽  
Mukhtar Hanafi

Higher education in Indonesia is regulated by the government with the Higher Education Accreditation (APT). In APT 3.0, Higher Education is required to be able to present performance data in the form of a Higher Education Performance Report (LKPT) as a reference in making a Self-Evaluation Report (LED). However, it is necessary to have an in-depth analysis to determine the gaps in the data required by Higher Education according to the APT 3.0 standard. The process of integrating the samples refer to the Zachman Framework (ZF). The results of this simplification that the data is available in support of APT 3.0 approximately 79% of the total data both inside and outside the core business of Higher Education and is well managed in an integrated database. The remaining 21% of the data that are not available is spread across several information systems, especially SIMMawa, SIMHumas and Cooperation, and SIMAKU. This shows that the change in accreditation standards that have been in effect since April 2019 has created a significant data gap for Higher Education. This research also produced an alternative model of integrated data management that can be used as input for Information System developers in the Higher Education scope.


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