Funkcjonowanie dzieci w przestrzeni informacji cyfrowych – zagrożenia i problemy a edukacyjne strategie rozwoju ich kompetencji informacyjnych
The Functioning of Children in the Digital Information Space – Threats and Problems and Educational Strategies for the Development of their Information Literacy

Summary/Abstract: The aim of the article is to indicate the importance of developing children’s information competences in the context of information overload. The author of the article presents selected threats related to the use of digital information by young Internet users. A short description of their activity in cyberspace is also provided. Information overload and low quality of information available on the web mean that the process of their use is conditioned by the proper development of information literacy. The author of the article also formulates the thesis according to which the way to overcome difficulties in obtaining and using information includes the development of information and media competences of students from the digital generation. Finally, the quality of media education in early childhood education is assessed and some postulates for its improvement are indicated. The importance of choosing the right goals, content and methods of education is pointed out. Moreover, it is emphasized that an important goal of media education is the development of children’s media literacy understood in a cultural and not technological terms.

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