MINDtheGaps

About

Results

Name: Media Literacy Towards Youth Social Inclusion

The project aims to contribute to the promotion of equal opportunities to young people in vulnerable situations, including those living in residential care institutions and to support development of media literacy, digital inclusion and critical thinking.

Primary target group – young people aged between 15-18 years in risk of exclusion, including NEETs.

Secondary target group – school communities/residential care institution staff: managers, administration staff, education counsellors, parents, surrounding communities, students from 12 to 16 years old and teachers.

• Youth Media literacy promising practices handbook – a digital handbook about media literacy and critical thinking practices both in formal and non-formal education and training activities among young people. It will contain European shared resources suggestions, initiatives samples, activities and reflection based on field experience.

• Open educational resources – short video stories to raise awareness about media literacy including human rights, children’s and young people rights online, cyber security, author’s rights, multiculturalism and gender issues, prevent violence, European identity, etc; interactive games about media literacy to be played by young people inside or outside schools (12-16 years).

• Assessment/testing materials – a conceptual framework, usability tests and evaluation form for digital resources target to young people from a multicultural perspective including special attention to cultural discourses, gender representation, written language, iconography, interculturality.

Info

№: 2019-2-PT02-KA205-006226
Programme: Erasmus+, KA2, Cooperation for Innovation and the Exchange of Good Practices, Strategic Partnerships for Youth
Duration: 01.01.2020 – 31.12.2021
Partners:
Know and Can Association – Bulgaria; UNIVERSIDADE DO PORTO – Portugal;
APLOAD Lda – Portugal;
ORTA KARADENIZ KALKINMA AJANSI– Turkey;
HOGSKOLEN I INNLANDET– Norway

Website: http://digitaliteracy.eu/mindthegaps/

The work on MindtheGaps is moving forward

MINDtheGaps

projectslogo.mindthegaps The work on the project MindtheGaps – “Media Literacy towards Youth Social Inclusion” is moving forward.

One of the first tasks for the creation of a #young media literacy handbook is the conduction of national research on #young people (15-18 years) in the risk of exclusion and their needs in terms of #media literacy, #digital inclusion and #critical thinking. The partners from Bulgaria, Portugal, Turkey and Norway are disseminating questionnaires that also target teachers and school managers who will provide their reflection based on filed experience.

Media Literacy Towards Youth Social Inclusion - Kick-off meeting

MINDtheGaps

projectslogo.mindthegaps “Media Literacy Towards Youth Social Inclusion” Kick-off Transnational Project Meeting took place in Porto, Portugal on 5th and 6th of March 2020, where all project partners actively participated in the establishment of the project’s map for the next 2 years. The meeting was hosted by UPORTO/CIIE in the Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences at the University of Porto.

The meeting started with a welcome note from the coordinator UPORTO/CIIE, followed by a short presentation of all participants, and their organisations. Further overview of the project focused on major operational issues and the necessary steps for the creation of the first intellectual output – Youth Media literacy promising practices handbook. The IO1 is a digital handbook about media literacy and critical thinking practices both in formal and non-formal education and training activities among young people. It will contain European shared resources suggestions, initiatives samples, activates and reflection based on field experience.