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IS MEDIA LITERACY AN URGENT ISSUE IN EDUCATION FOR ALL?
IS MEDIA LITERACY AN URGENT ISSUE IN EDUCATION FOR ALL?

Author(s): Agnaldo Arroio
Subject(s): Education, Media studies, Editorial
Published by: Scientia Socialis, UAB
Keywords: traditional education; educational research; media literacy;

Summary/Abstract: Today it is possible to consider that the new technologies can offer many possibilities to be explored. There is no doubt about the changes in society when it is adequately supported by the new technologies. In fact, people from all over the world used to have high hopes that new technologies will be able to improve and promote healthier life, as well they also expect a huge impulse to promoting social freedoms, and at least to increase knowledge and more productive livelihoods. But for this scenario become true the traditional education goals should change to a different direction to gaining locally relevant goals and skills. In order to establish networks for all kind of partnerships, the new technologies could be used as the means for providing an access to and engaging in the lifelong learning programs all social groups of population around the world.

  • Issue Year: 75/2017
  • Issue No: 5
  • Page Range: 416-418
  • Page Count: 3
  • Language: English