Development of Media Literacy Curriculum for Junior High School Students in Thailand

Conference: The Asian Conference on Education (ACE2022)
Title: Development of Media Literacy Curriculum for Junior High School Students in Thailand
Stream: Curriculum Design & Development
Presentation Type: Oral Presentation
Authors:
Kanokphon Chantanarungpak, Srinakharinwirot University, Thailand
Sangkama Sarawat, Silpakorn University, Thailand
Prakobkiat Imsiri, Valaya Alongkorn Rajabhat University, Thailand
Sasithon Yuwakosol, Srinakharinwirot University, Thailand
Danucha Saleewong, Valaya Alongkorn Rajabhat University, Thailand

Abstract:

Media Literacy is one of the essential 21st Century skills for students. They must be prepared for this skill for their life as a part of digital citizenship. This research aimed to develop curriculum and instructional manuals in media literacy for teachers to educate junior high school students. The methodology of this research was divided into 2 parts. The first part was documentary analysis and in-depth interview with 9 participants. Another part was 81 participants assessing the suitability of developing media literacy curriculum. The participants were students, teachers, parents, media scholars, civil society members, and representatives from relevant consumer protection agencies. From the study, this research was revealed in 2 parts. The first part of the study contained the scope of content in media literacy for junior high school students that was chunked into 7 modules and the curriculum structures including course descriptions, learning objectives, content, learning activities, instructional media and evaluation. Another part, assessment of the suitability of the developed curriculum showed that every module reached the very appropriate level with the suggestion to adjust the content into 6 modules to avoid redundancy content including Media Literacy, Media Ecology, Media Accessibility, Media Legal and ethics, Media Issues, and Media Literacy Participation. The media literacy curriculum has 6 modules. Each module contains course descriptions, learning objectives, content, learning activities, instructional media and evaluation will be hereafter studied the usage by teachers from 8 schools for junior high school students in the Central, Northern, North Eastern and Southern regions in Thailand.

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