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<bold>Introduction:</bold> The paper focuses on a narrowly specific topic of the family cooperation with an institution of pre-school education - the nursery school (or also just the nursery), concentrating on a specific topic of “media education”. It considers the determining factors and presents partial findings of a research survey aimed at the field of media education in nursery schools.
<bold>Methods:</bold> The paper contains the results of our own questionnaire research, which was carried out online in nursery school teachers. It also contains a theoretical definition of media literacy and media education in the context of the target group.
<bold>Results:</bold> The result is an analysis of the obtained findings and formulated proposals for measures in the given field, which are usable and applicable in practice.
<bold>Discussion:</bold> The individual presented results are continuously discussed with regard to the findings from the field of media education in the nursery school. Today, the world of the media is a common part of life even for children of pre-school age, and therefore it is necessary to teach them to orient themselves in it, which should be one of the tasks of the nursery school. In the Czech Republic, this issue has not yet been addressed at a significant level or to an appropriate extent. Our results are therefore closely linked not only to the discussion comments, but also to the conclusions drawn from them.
<bold>Limitations:</bold> The results of the empirical research may be influenced by the attitudes and prejudices of nursery school teachers in relation to media in pre-school children.
<bold>Conclusion:</bold> An early intervention can teach children to use media for their benefit and prevent media from negatively affecting them. The negative consequences of unrestrained effects of e.g. the television or mobile phones have been empirically proven. This information about the negative consequences is very general, distorted or superficial for the general public (parents), though. We consider the implementation of media education into the “teaching” process in nursery schools to be inevitable, even with regard to a closer cooperation between the institution and parents. However, this also places increased demands on training pedagogical staff in nursery schools in the subject area, creating methodological materials, etc.
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Introduction: The paper focuses on a narrowly specific topic of the family cooperation with an institution of pre-school education - the nursery school (or also just the nursery), concentrating on a specific topic of “media education”. It considers the determining factors and presents partial findings of a research survey aimed at the field of media education in nursery schools.
Methods: The paper contains the results of our own questionnaire research, which was carried out online in nursery school teachers. It also contains a theoretical definition of media literacy and media education in the context of the target group.
Results: The result is an analysis of the obtained findings and formulated proposals for measures in the given field, which are usable and applicable in practice.
Discussion: The individual presented results are continuously discussed with regard to the findings from the field of media education in the nursery school. Today, the world of the media is a common part of life even for children of pre-school age, and therefore it is necessary to teach them to orient themselves in it, which should be one of the tasks of the nursery school. In the Czech Republic, this issue has not yet been addressed at a significant level or to an appropriate extent. Our results are therefore closely linked not only to the discussion comments, but also to the conclusions drawn from them.
Limitations: The results of the empirical research may be influenced by the attitudes and prejudices of nursery school teachers in relation to media in pre-school children.
Conclusion: An early intervention can teach children to use media for their benefit and prevent media from negatively affecting them. The negative consequences of unrestrained effects of e.g. the television or mobile phones have been empirically proven. This information about the negative consequences is very general, distorted or superficial for the general public (parents), though. We consider the implementation of media education into the “teaching” process in nursery schools to be inevitable, even with regard to a closer cooperation between the institution and parents. However, this also places increased demands on training pedagogical staff in nursery schools in the subject area, creating methodological materials, etc.

Nursery School Cooperation with the Family in the Field of Media Education in Children

Department of Philosophy and Social Sciences

Acta Educationis Generalis

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Introduction: The paper focuses on a narrowly specific topic of the family cooperation with an institution of pre-school education - the nursery school (or...

Nursery School Cooperation with the Family in the Field of Media Education in Children

Published Online: Aug 13, 2021

Page range: 83 - 98

Received: Jan 11, 2021

Accepted: Jul 12, 2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/atd-2021-0014

Keywords
nursery/nursery school, media education, media literacy, pre-school age, family, cooperation

© 2021 Vladimíra Kocourková et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Nursery School Cooperation with the Family in the Field of Media Education in Children

Published Online: Aug 13, 2021

Page range: 83 - 98

Received: Jan 11, 2021

Accepted: Jul 12, 2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/atd-2021-0014

Keywordsnursery/nursery school, media education, media literacy, pre-school age, family, cooperation

© 2021 Vladimíra Kocourková et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Keywords
nursery/nursery school, media education, media literacy, pre-school age, family, cooperation