Schoolchildren's Family Values Formation in Russian National Cinematograph Works: Media Education Aspect

Abstract

The problem of family, family relations and basic family values formation is very essential nowadays. The difficulties and problems of the modern families lie in unreadiness and unwillingness of young people to take the responsibility for the closest people, inability to cope with even slight obstacles in life, provoke a great number of divorces and don't promote strengthening and saving of the best family traditions characteristic for Russian family relations culture.In the article media educational abilities of schoolchildren's family values formation in works of Russian cinematograph are displayed. The problem is viewed in the context of modern students' audience preparation (future teachers, psychologists, youth work organizers) for professional activity with schoolchildren in conditions of media clubs' activity, work in media studios, school media centres and so on.The basic directions of media educational activity, aimed at modern scholars' family values formation are based on the complex approach to the analysis of audiovisual media text, including sociocultural context study, basic plot lines characteristics, main and optional characters' family relations models investigation, composition of comparative characteristics of family happiness principles, manifested in films of different years, study and analysis of professional materials of media critics and media educationalists, devoted to this or that work of cinematograph and so on.In the process of feature films analysis, the main goals of media education are viewed, consisting in self-directed selection, analytical evaluation and media text interpretation realization, and also audiovisual space creative expansion with the purpose of modern schoolchildren's horizon, creative abilities, critical thinking development.

The Sociocultural Context and the Main Developing Stages of Family Education in Russian Feature Films

“…The transformation of the family image reflected in feature films of the Soviet and post-Soviet periods was researched by many Russian scholars (Chelysheva, 2016(Chelysheva, , 2022Fedorov, Chelysheva, 2002;Kosinova, Solgi, 2022;Shestakova, 2006;Razlogov, 2019;Zhabsky, Tarasov, 2019). As evidenced by the content analysis of feature films of the Soviet and post-Soviet periods, the following factors can be identified among the main reasons for transformation processes: ideological and sociocultural changes that in one way or another left their mark on the representation of family images in Russian feature films.…”

Prospects for Contemporary Media Education in Russia Based on Feature Films in the Focus of Family Education: A Theoretical Review of the Problem

“…Chelysheva studied the issues of family education and its interaction with the media world. In particular, she considered mastering the media space by schoolchildren, the major mechanisms of media influence on a minor audience, as well as the educating and developing opportunities of the media (Chelysheva, 2013;2022).…”

“…The issues of media education as a means of fostering interethnic tolerance, including family media education, were partially touched upon in the researches carried out by I. Chelysheva and G. Mikhaleva (Chelysheva, 2021;2022;Chelysheva, Mikhaleva, 2021).…”

“…However, to date, insufficient attention has been paid by researchers to the evolution of this topic in Russian cinema in terms of highlighting the prospects for media education from the Soviet period to the present day. The exception is only a few studies (Penzin, 1973(Penzin, , 1986Chelysheva, 2013Chelysheva, , 2022 devoted to certain aspects of family education in the media education context. It is obvious that the topic is interdisciplinary in nature and should be considered in the pedagogical, psychological, and social aspects.…”