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Media and Information Literacy and Media United Nations Educational, Scientic and Cultural Organization Curriculum for Teachers for Curriculum Media and Information Literacy Curriculum for Teachers Carolyn Wilson Alton Grizzle Ramon Tuazon Kwame Akyempong Chi-Kim Cheung Media and Information Literacy Curriculum for Teachers Part 1: Curriculum and Competency Framework Part 2: Core and Non-Core Modules Published by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization 7, place de Fontenoy, 75352 Paris 07 SP, France Communication and Information Sector www.unesco.org/webworld © UNESCO 2011 All rights reserved ISBN 978-92-3-104198-3 The designations employed and the presentation of material throughout this publication do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of UNESCO concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries. The authors are responsible for the choice and the presentation of the facts contained in this book and for the opinions expressed therein, which are not necessarily those of UNESCO and do not commit the Organization. Edited by Alton Grizzle and Carolyn Wilson Photo credits 6. © 2009 Frederick Noronha, Courtesy of Photoshare 7. CC BY C G-K Cover (left to right, top to bottom): 8. © 1997 CCP, Courtesy of Photoshare 1. © iStockphoto 9. © 2007 Rajal Thaker, Courtesy of Photoshare 2. CC BY Rodrigo Galindez 10. © 2001 CCP, Courtesy of Photoshare 3. © iStockphoto 11. © 2007 Arup Haldar, Courtesy of Photoshare 4. © 2008 Edson E. Whitney, Courtesy of Photoshare 12. © 2008 Edson E. Whitney, Courtesy of Photoshare 5. © 2005 Adnan Kabir, Courtesy of Photoshare 6. © iStockphoto p. 58: CC BY Rodrigo Galindez 7. © iStockphoto p. 77: © UN Photo/Martine Perret 8. © 2007 Rajal Thaker, Courtesy of Photoshare p. 90: © 2008 Edson E. Whitney, Courtesy of Photoshare 9. © iStockphoto p. 100: © OSCE/Stephan Weixler/Austria 10. © iStockphoto p. 106: CC BY Gorski 11. © iStockphoto 12. © 2005 Alain B. Labrique/JHSPH, Courtesy of p. 117: © 2003 Justin Fahey, Courtesy of Photoshare Photoshare p. 125: © 2006 Hugh Rigby/CCP, Courtesy of Photoshare p. 133: © 2006 Sara Feldman, Courtesy of Photoshare pp. 13 and 43 (left to right, top to bottom): p. 144: © 2007 William Ongala, Courtesy of Photoshare 1. CC BY Video Volunteers(VV) p. 152: CC BY Video Volunteers(VV) 2. © 2009 Dr Urvish Joshi, Courtesy of Photoshare p. 157: © 2009 Dr Urvish Joshi, Courtesy of Photoshare 3. © 2006 Hugh Rigby/CCP, Courtesy of Photoshare p. 170: CC BY Video Volunteers(VV) 4. CC BY Video Volunteers(VV) p. 174: © 2007 Alfredo L. Fort, Courtesy of Photoshare 5. © 2008 Bob Msangi, Courtesy of Photoshare p. 176: CC BY Paul Keller Typeset by UNESCO Printed by UNESCO Printed in France CLD 491.11 UNESCO Constitution ‘… the States Parties to this Constitution, believing in full and equal opportunities for education for all, in the unrestricted pursuit of objective truth, and in the free exchange of ideas and knowledge, are agreed and determined to develop and to increase the means of communication between their peoples and to employ these means for the purposes of mutual understanding and a truer and more perfect knowledge of each other’s lives…’ ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The authors extend gratitude to Wijayananda Jayaweera and Vladimir Gaï for their major contribution and leadership from conceptualisation to the final preparation of this curriculum. The authors also acknowledge the advice and comments provided by the following people: CONTRIBUTORS — Reviewers: Irmgarda Kasinskaite-Buddeberg, Programme Specialist, UNESCO Paris Andrew Puddephatt, Director, Global Partners and Associates, London, United Kingdom Fackson Banda, Programme Specialist, UNESCO Paris Boyan Radoykov, Chief of Section, Section for Universal Access and Preservation, UNESCO Paris Indrajit Banerjee, Director, Information Society Division, UNESCO Paris Ralph Catts, Senior Research Fellow, Schools and Social Capital Network Scottish Applied Educational Research Scheme (AERS) Jaco Du Toit, Communication and Information Advisor, UNESCO Windhoek Misako Ito, Communication and Information Advisor, UNESCO Rabat Abel Caine, Programme Specialist, UNESCO Paris Toby Mendel, Executive Director, Centre for Law and Democracy — Other Contributors: Jutta Croll, Managing Director, Stiftung Digitale Chancen, Berlin, Germany — International expert group meeting to advise on the strategy to prepare the curriculum Kwame Akyempong, Deputy Director, Centre for International Education, Sussex University, Brighton, United Kingdom Evelyne Bevort, Deputy Director, Centre de Liaison de l’Enseignement et des Moyens d’Information (CLEMI), Paris, France Fackson Banda, SAB Limited – UNESCO Chair of Media and Democracy, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa. Albert K. Boekhorst, Visiting Professor, Department of Information Science, University of Pretoria, South Africa C. K. Cheung, Teacher Trainer, Faculty of Education, University of Hong Kong, China Noel Chicuecue, National Professional Officer, UNESCO Mozambique Bandula P. Dayarathne, Graduate Teacher and Curriculum Developer, National Institute of Education, and Visiting Lecturer of Media Education, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka Carmilla Floyd, writer, journalist and media trainer, Stockholm, Sweden Divina Frau-Meigs, Vice-President, International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR), University of Paris – Sorbonne, France Martin Hadlow, Director, Centre for Communication and Social Change, School of Journalism & Communication, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia Jesus Lau, Director, USBI VER Library, Universidad Veracruzana, Mexico Maria Ester Mancebo, Professor of Educational Policies, Universidad de la República, Montevideo, Uruguay Penny Moore, Educational Research Consultant & Executive Director, International Association of School Librarianship, Wellington, New Zealand Renato Opertti, International Bureau of Education, UNESCO Geneva Caroline Pontefract, Chief of Section for Teacher Education, UNESCO Paris Rasha Omar, Director, Science Technology Track, Palestinian Curriculum Development Centre, Ministry of Education and Higher Education, Ramallah, Palestinian Territories José Manuel Perez Tornero, Vice-President, European Association for Viewers’ Interest (EAVI), General Secretary, International Association for Media Education (MENTOR), Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona, Spain Manuel Quintero Quintero, Director-General, Instituto Latinoamericano de la Comunicación Educativa, Mexico Samy Tayie, President, International Association for Media Education (MENTOR), Cairo, Egypt Toussaint Tchitchi, Université d’Abomey-Calavi, Bénin Jordi Torrent, Project Manager, Media Literacy Education, Alliance of Civilizations, United Nations Ramon R. Tuazon, Chairman, Technical Committee for Communication, Commission on Higher Education (CHED), and President, Asian Institute of Journalism and Communciation, Philippines Carolyn Wilson, President, Association for Media Literacy (AML), Ontario, Canada and Instructor, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto, Canada — Second international expert group meeting to review the first draft of the curriculum Clement Lambert, Lecturer, Language Arts/Literacy Education, Institute of Education, University of the West Indies, Jamaica Susan Moeller, Director, International Center for Media and the Public Agenda (ICMPA), Salzburg, Austria Roxana Morduchowicz, Directora del Programa Escuela y Medios del Ministerio de Educación de la Nación, Buenos Aires, Argentina Jutta Croll, Managing Director, Stiftung Digitale Chancen, Berlin, Germany Per Lundgren, Member, Board of Directors, World Summit on Media for Children and Youth, Karlstad, Sweden Mouna Benslimane, Teacher, School of Information Science, Morocco Ana Naidoo, Deputy Dean, Faculty of Education, University of Pretoria, South Africa Asim Abdul Sattar, Dean, Faculty of Education, Maldives College of Higher Education, Maldives Ramon R. Tuazon, Chairman, Technical Committee for Communication, Commission on Higher Education (CHED), and President, Asian Institute of Journalism and Communication, Philippines Carolyn Wilson, President, Association for Media Literacy (AML), Ontario, Canada and Instructor, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto, Canada C. K. Cheung, Teacher Trainer, Faculty of Education, University of Hong Kong, China Kwame Akyempong, Deputy Director, Centre for International Education, Sussex University, Brighton, United Kingdom Jordi Torrent, Project Manager, Media Literacy Education, Alliance of Civilizations, United Nations Renato Opertti, Programme Specialist, International Bureau of Education, UNESCO Geneva — Series of regional training of trainers workshops and consultations for Southern Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean and Southern Asia ▶ Southern Africa Phindile Maureen Nxumalo, Head of Education Department, William Pitcher College, Swaziland Wandile Sifundza, Editor of SNAT Newsletter, Swaziland National Teachers’ Association Musa Hlophe, Mathematics Curriculum Designer, Responsible for Information at the NCC National Curriculum Centre, South Africa Mafata Paul Mafata, Lesotho College of Education, Lesotho Mabataung Metsing, National Curriculum Development Centre, South Africa John Nyambe, National Institute of Educational Development, Namibia Gerhard Ngalangi, Lecturer, Rundu College of Education, Namibia Allen Chaida, Lecturer, Caprivi College of Education, Namibia