Duration
30h Th
Number of credits
| Master in multilingual communication (120 ECTS) (Digital media education) | 5 crédits |
Lecturer
Language(s) of instruction
English language
Organisation and examination
Teaching in the first semester, review in January
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
The course "History and theory of media education and literacy" offers an introduction to the main paradigms of media education from the beginning of the 20th century to the present day, based on the theoretical texts that have successively constituted its foundations in the field of (critical) media analysis. In 2023-2024, the course will be structured in 5 chapters: 1/ Introduction to the history of media education, 2/ The protectionist approach, 3/ The analytical approach, 4/ The pragmatic approach, 5/ The participatory model. Several manifestos and declarations that laid the foundations of the discipline will be discussed, as well as essays and theoretical texts by T. W. Adorno, R. Odin, H. M. Enzensberger, J. Rancière, H. Jenkins and others.
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
At the end of this course, the students will master the main milestones in the history of media education and in the evolution of the theoretical and critical approaches that have laid its foundations. In addition, students will be able to understand and comment upon - from a comparative perspective - the complex theoretical texts that have built the fertile ground of the discipline. While the primary purpose of this course is thus historical and theoretical, it will also allow students to problematize some of the contemporary issues in media education, a discipline that is now driven by the return, intersection and superposition of several paradigms that emerged over the course of its history.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Face-to-face (in English).
The course will alternate of ex-cathedra lectures, close-reading and discussions of theoretical texts, and presentations by the students.
Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)
Face-to-face course
Recommended or required readings
The program of the sessions, the texts discussed in class as well as the reading portfolio will be posted on eCampus.
Written work / report
Additional information:
Students will write an individual 10-page paper on a text from the portfolio, which will be given to them in November. The submission of the written work will be preceded by an oral presentation to the class (last class session) which will allow each student to present a first report on his/her work and to obtain feedback from the professor.
Work placement(s)
Organisational remarks and main changes to the course
Contacts
Jeremy Hamers
jhamers@uliege.be