<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> Under the influence of processes of globalisation, higher education in the countries of Europe, including Latvia, has been reshaped, restructured, re-evaluated and reoriented towards the establishment of a European higher education area. New issues have emerged at both the content and metacontent level, the most significant of which are intercultural and media literacy matters. Considering the tendencies of globalisation, this article focuses on the issues of intercultural and media literacy as a metacontent of teacher education. The article introduces the teachers’ view and experience of intercultural and media education in Latvia and frames several suggestions to implement intercultural and media literacy in the teacher education curriculum.</p></abstract>

Under the influence of processes of globalisation, higher education in the countries of Europe, including Latvia, has been reshaped, restructured, re-evaluated and reoriented towards the establishment of a European higher education area. New issues have emerged at both the content and metacontent level, the most significant of which are intercultural and media literacy matters. Considering the tendencies of globalisation, this article focuses on the issues of intercultural and media literacy as a metacontent of teacher education. The article introduces the teachers’ view and experience of intercultural and media education in Latvia and frames several suggestions to implement intercultural and media literacy in the teacher education curriculum.

Intercultural and Media Literacy: Global Tendencies in Metacontent of Teacher Education in Latvia

Discourse and Communication for Sustainable Education

Under the influence of processes of globalisation, higher education in the countries of Europe, including Latvia, has been reshaped, restructured, re-evaluated...

Intercultural and Media Literacy: Global Tendencies in Metacontent of Teacher Education in Latvia

Data publikacji: 15 cze 2013

Zakres stron: 109 - 132

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/dcse-2013-0010

This content is open access.