Duration
12h Th
Number of credits
Lecturer
Language(s) of instruction
French language
Organisation and examination
Teaching in the second semester
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
Because the media shape public opinion, influence our view of the world and contribute to the construction of identity, teachers have a responsibility, regardless of the subject they teach, to help educate responsible citizens and active readers/viewers who are aware of how media messages are constructed.
However, the Media Education course will not aim to provide a series of "teaching recipes" that can be applied as they stand in higher secondary education, but will instead attempt to outline possible approaches that encourage a desire to learn about and with the media.
To this end, the course will be divided into two parts.
1/ The first three sessions, conducted by the University of Liège, will provide a general introduction to the analysis of media messages (discourse, representations, materiality of media devices, etc.). On this basis, the first part will address, for instance, the distinction between media literacy and education through media, as well as a series of semiological, pragmatic and ideological issues relating to media productions and circulation devices.
2/ The last two sessions, conducted by HELMo (Haute école libre mosane), will focus more directly on teaching practices. An overview of the legal requirements for media education in schools in the Wallonia-Brussels Federation will be presented. This second part will also include an introduction to image analysis, as well as a reflection on various multimedia projects published online in schools (WebTV, webdocs, webjournals, etc.).
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
At the end of this course, students will have acquired the basics of an analytical approach to media productions and to a selection of media distribution devices. They will be able to take a constructive and critical look at a range of productions that contribute to shaping the opinions and knowledge of the learners they will encounter in their future profession. The Media Education course is therefore not intended to train media educators, but rather to provide future teachers, across all disciplines, with a series of resources so that they can integrate into their professional practice an informed, literate and reflective perspective on media objects, their production and their reception.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
The course will combine moments of collective analysis of media productions screened in class and theoretical ex cathedra presentations.
Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)
Face-to-face course
Further information:
Course taught exclusively in person.
The course will be divided into two parts consisting of 3 and 2 sessions.
Most of the theoretical concepts will be explored through the analysis of media documents, requiring active participation from students. Attendance at classes is therefore strongly recommended.
The course will not be recorded (no podcast).
Course materials and recommended or required readings
Platform(s) used for course materials:
- eCampus
Further information:
The slides presented during the class will be uploaded to eCampus after each class session.
Exam(s) in session
Any session
- In-person
written exam
Work placement(s)
Organisational remarks and main changes to the course
Classes will be held on Wednesdays 4, 11 and 18 February from 6pm to 8pm, as well as on 4 March and 13 May from 6pm to 9pm (Liege city-center, place du XX Août).
Contacts
Elise Schürgers : elise.schurgers@uliege.be
Thomas Jungblut : t.jungblut@helmo.be