Interest of Primary Education Teachers in Media Education and Their Attitudes Towards Further Education in Slovakia

Abstract

Within the context of lifelong learning, it is necessary for teachers to improve their competencies, including the competencies in the use of digital media. Th e paper presents partial results of research carried out within the VEGA 1/0913/15 project on Media Literacy of Young School-Age Children in the Context of Family and School Cooperation, while it also analyses the need to develop digital literacy, which is part of the VEGA 1/0748/20 project on Diagnosing Digital Literacy of Primary School Teachers in the Context of Undergraduate Training and Educational Reality. Th e empirical research had a diagnostic as well as quantitative and qualitative character. Th e subject of the research was media education of younger school-age pupils implemented in both formal and informal ways in Slovakia. Th e research involved 28 schools from all over Slovakia. Th e paper focuses mainly on the fi ndings obtained from the questionnaires fi lled out by primary school teachers, interviews conducted with school management and content analysis of school educational programs. It focuses primarily on the interest of teachers in further training in media education.

Do Augmented Realty Comics Improve Reading Interest for Elementary School Student in Pandemic Era?

“…Comic books have the potential to be integrated with augmented reality because they support storytelling with visual elements (Kljun et al, 2019). This integration will spur teachers to increase competence in the use of digital media (Juszczyk et al, 2021), so that teachers need comic media in carrying out learning in elementary schools (Munjiatun, 2020).…”

“…The integration between comics with the help of AR will be a variation of the media, which is still dominated by print. This integration will spur teachers to increase competence in the use of digital media (Juszczyk et al, 2021).…”