Journalism and digital resources for transforming schools

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ID21777587
AuthorsMaria José Brites (0000-0002-9840-9554, Universidad de Las Américas, corresponding author)
Year2020
Volume18
Issue2
Pages35-57
Publication date2020-07-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueRevista ICONO14 (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1697-8293 • E-ISSN: 1697-8293
PublisherAsociacion Cientifica ICONO14 (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.7195/ri14.v18i2.1579
OpenAlexW3038791894
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited11

This article aims to reflect on school contexts of the use of digital tools and also on the possibility of going beyond technology itself and thinking about spaces of critical thinking, inspired by a process that is usually associated with journalism and its democratic tradition. These reflections result from the use of semi-open questionnaires and semi-structured interviews with teachers (compulsory education in Portugal) as part of a project on Audiences, News and Literacy - ANLite (2014–2018). Research questions imply identifying ways digital tools are perceived in schools and how journalism serves as an inspiration for democratic school environments. The results point to challenges related to teachers' fears about digital, but also to structural problems regarding access conditions to digital and equipment that allow quality access. The excess of tasks, including administrative, limits possibilities of collaboration between teachers and with young people. These latter challenges also constitute a possible increase in journalistic-inspired tasks that facilitate democratic processes in schools

Critical thinking · Democracy · Digital Literacy · Epistemology · Journalism · Media studies · Pedagogy · Political science · Politics · Public relations · Sociology · Computer Science · Digital literacy in education · Education and Digital Technologies · Law · Literacy, Media, and Education

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