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Study programmes 2012-2013Last update : 20/06/2013
AESS0004-1  Media education

Duration :  15h Th
Number of credits :  
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Agrégé de l'enseignement secondaire supérieur1
Agrégé de l'enseignement secondaire supérieur1
Agrégé de l'enseignement secondaire supérieur1
Agrégé de l'enseignement secondaire supérieur1
Agrégé de l'enseignement secondaire supérieur1
Agrégé de l'enseignement secondaire supérieur1
Lecturer :  Geneviève Van Cauwenberge
Language(s) of instruction :  
French language
Organisation and examination :  
Teaching in the first semester, review in January
Course contents :  
The course will address the following points: the distinction between media studies and education by the media; necessity, objectives and main methodologies of media studies; analysis of media-related messages (language used, presentation, typologies, technology, audiences, producers); practical activities; presentation of resources.
Learning outcomes of the course :  
Because the media shapes public opinion, has an impact on our view of the world and has a role to play in the construction of identity, teachers have to contribute, regardless of the subject matter they are teaching, to creating responsible citizens, active spectators who are conscious of the process of how media-related messages are constructed; capable of distinguishing the mechanisms of representation and of defining the challenges they pose.

This course aims to define the methodological principles, the general objectives and the aims of media studies. It will also set out six fundamental concepts upon which a didactic approach to the media can be based.

The course will not, however, present a series of "pedagogical recipes" applicable wholesale to higher secondary education. Rather, it will set out the possible paths which can stimulate a desire to learn about the media and how to teach them using a methodology constructed by teachers themselves and in line with their own objectives and interests.
Prerequisites and co-requisites/ Recommended optional programme components :  
Planned learning activities and teaching methods :  
Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :  
The course will be divided into sessions, each addressing a particular type of media through which the six basic themes of media studies will be addressed. Most theoretical ideas will be developed from the analysis of media documents requiring students' active participation. Attendance in class is therefore highly recommended.
The class will take place on Wednesdays from 6pm to 8pm in the GOTHOT Room (Place du 20 Août, Building A1) in line with the following timetable:
- 29th September 2010: "Objectives and Aims of Media Studies"
- 6th October 2010 : "introduction to the Analysis of Print Media"
- 13th October 2010: "Introduction to the Analysis of Documentaries and Reporting"
- 20th October 2010 : 'Introduction to the Analysis of Advertising"
- 27th October 2010: "Introduction to the Analysis of Images" - 3th November 2010 "the young people and Internet"
Recommended or required readings :  
- Syllabus (ihttp://hdl.handle.net/2268/ (http://hdl.handle.net/2268/58180) or in the library "point de vue" -Sart-Tilman-) and course notes;
- Compulsory reading: Martine Joly, Introduction à l'analyse de l'image, Paris, Nathan Université, coll. "128", 2003;
- Students are also requested to deepen their understanding by consulting the bibliography provided at the end of the syllabus.
Assessment methods and criteria :  
Students are assessed on their ability to develop a critical analysis of a media document - i.e. on their ability to deconstruct the media document so as to understand its mechanisms (production, diffusion, reception) and what is at stake in it - also on their ability to transfer their theoretical and behaviorial acquisitions onto a pedagogical level. Students can choose among three types of essays: 1. Analysing a fixed image (either an advert, a press photograph, or a graphic); 2. Analysing an animated image (either an advert, a documentary, a feature film, or a news bulletin); 3. Analysing a written document (either a press article, a cover story, a website or part of it). Whatever the chosen document, the essay must consist of two connected parts: a critical analysis and a pedagogical development.
Work placement(s) :  
Organizational remarks :  
Students are requested to regularly consult the Cifen website (www.cifen.ulg.ac.be (http://www.cifen.ulg.ac.be)) as well as the notice boards (Place du 20 Août, Building A1, Second floor) for any additional information given during the year.
Contacts :  
G. Van Cauwenberge(gvancauwenberge@ulg.ac.be - Tél. 04 366 32 89 )
Camille POSKIN(C.Poskin@ulg.ac.be Assistant Building A1, second floor )C.Poskin@Ulg.ac.be


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