MEDIA & CHILDHOOD
| Title | ΜΜΕ ΚΑΙ ΠΑΙΔΙΚΗ ΗΛΙΚΙΑ / MEDIA & CHILDHOOD |
| Code | ΥΕ13 |
| Faculty | Education |
| School | Early Childhood Education |
| Cycle / Level | 1st / Undergraduate |
| Teaching Period | Spring |
| Coordinator | Sofia Theodosiadou |
| Common | Yes |
| Status | Active |
| Course ID | 600024288 |
Programme of Study: PPS Tmīmatos Epistīmṓn Proscholikīs Agōgīs kai Ekpaídeusīs (2024-sīmera)
Registered students: 180
| Orientation | Attendance Type | Semester | Year | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KORMOS | Elective Courses belonging to the selected specialization | 4 | 2 | 5 |
| Academic Year | 2025 – 2026 |
| Class Period | Spring |
| Faculty Instructors |
|
| Weekly Hours | 3 |
| Total Hours | 39 |
| Class ID | 600278581
|
| Section | Instructors |
|---|---|
| 1. 1ο Τμήμα (ΑΕΜ που λήγουν σε: 1, 3, 5, 7 και 9) | Sofia Theodosiadou |
| 2. 2ο Τμήμα (ΑΕΜ που λήγουν σε 0, 2, 4, 6 και 8) | Sofia Theodosiadou |
Course Type 2021
Specific Foundation
Mode of Delivery
- Face to face
Digital Course Content
- e-Study Guide https://qa.auth.gr/en/class/1/600278581
- At the Website of the School:
- eLearning:
Erasmus
The course is also offered to exchange programme students.
Language of Instruction
- Greek (Instruction, Examination)
Prerequisites
General Prerequisites
None
Learning Outcomes
The ultimate goal of the course is the students
- To familiarize themselves with the current developments in the field of modern theory and research of traditional and "new" media and
- To embrace the ways in which media can be used as tools and learning agents in preschool age.
- To become content creators for childrens media themselves through experiential learning
- To understand the "language" of the media and to decode the messages of the media
-To get to know the media in relation to child development
General Competences
- Apply knowledge in practice
- Retrieve, analyse and synthesise data and information, with the use of necessary technologies
- Adapt to new situations
- Make decisions
- Work autonomously
- Work in teams
- Work in an interdisciplinary team
- Appreciate diversity and multiculturality
- Be critical and self-critical
- Advance free, creative and causative thinking
Course Content (Syllabus)
Τhe course is at the crossroads of two scientific fields: media education that is about teaching and learning about the media (Buckingham, 2003) but also media literacy that concerns skill acquisition and decoding of the media messages. Οne of the most significant aims of the course is students to get acquainted with up to date communication theory and research of traditional and new media and to understand and deeply realize the ways they can use media for preschool children as mediums to enlarge their conception of the world and especially society but at the same time as channels of learning. The course after introducing students to the basic theory on media education and media literacy, it will then focus on the analysis of audiovisual texts (press, advertisement, TV and radio production, cinema production, web pages etc). Furthermore, the course will focus on tv and radio productionand/ornewspaper publishing for pre school children.
Keywords
Traditional and new media, children, pre school education, media literacy
Educational Material Types
- Slide presentations
- Podcast
- Audio
- Multimedia
- Book
Use of Information and Communication Technologies
Use of ICT
- Use of ICT in Course Teaching
- Use of ICT in Laboratory Teaching
- Use of ICT in Communication with Students
- Use of ICT in Student Assessment
Description
The course will include theory and a corresponding hour of practical application on topics that will be analyzed during the semester, e.g. students will be asked to produce a short children's podcast on a topic of interest and/or students will evaluate children's television programs from British or American television based on what they have learned about the effects of media on children. The course will be organized around the central objective of how kindergarten teachers will be properly trained to be able to direct children to produce a television and radio program and/or a children's newspaper.
Course Organization
| Activities | Workload | ECTS | Individual | Teamwork | Erasmus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lectures | 39 | ||||
| Reading Assigment | 20 | ||||
| Project | 20 | ||||
| Written assigments | 25 | ||||
| Artistic creation | 21 | ||||
| Total | 125 |
Student Assessment
Description
Participation in classroom discussions, participation in the activities of the course, interim and final
written assignments, project presentation
Student Assessment methods
- Written Assignment (Formative, Summative)
- Oral Exams (Formative, Summative)
- Performance / Staging (Formative, Summative)
Bibliography
Course Bibliography (Eudoxus)
1.Ηobbs R. (2020) Mind over media. Propaganda education for a digital age.Nortnon and Company.
2. Lemish D. (2010) Παιδιά και τηλεόραση, Εκδόσεις Τόπος.
Additional bibliography for study
1. Barr R., and Linebarger N. D. (eds) (2017) Media exposure during infancy and early childhood. The effects of content and context on learning and development. Switzerland: Springer.
2. BBC School Report, http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/school_report, Accessed 12/8/2017.
3. Buckingham D. (2007) Digital Media Literacies: rethinking media education in the age of the Internet, Research in Comparative and International Education, Volume 2, Number 1.
4. Davou, B. &Nika, V. (2007) “Implementation and Evaluation of a Media Literacy Training Programme for Greek Elementarυ School Teachers”, Communicar: La EducacionenMediosen Europa 5, 28.
5. Drotner K. & Livingstone S. (eds) (2008) The international handbook of children, media and culture. London: Sage.
6. Funk S. , Kellner D., Share J.(2016) Critical media literacy as transformative pedagogy in Yildiz M. &Keengwe J. Handbook of research on media literacy in the digital age, Information Science Reference.
7. Hobbs, R. (1998), The Seven Great Debates in the Media Literacy Movement, Journal of Communication, 48(1).
8. Kellner, D., & Share, J. (2007). Critical media literacy, democracy, and the reconstruction of education. In D. Macedo& S.R. Steinberg (Eds.), Media literacy: A reader (pp. 3-23). NewYork: PeterLangPublishing.
9. Klurfeld J. and SchneiderH. (2014) News Literacy: Teaching the Internet Generation to Make Reliable Information Choices, Center for Effective Public Management at Brookings, p .1-25, Accessed on 13/8/2017 at: https://www.brookings.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Klurfeld-Schneider_News-Literacy_June-2014.pdf
10. Livingstone S. Haddon L. (2009) Kids online. Opportunities and risks for children. Bristol: Polity Press.
Last Update
25-07-2025
