In recent years children are being born into a distinctly digitized society. We are witnessing a huge increase in the use of digital devices in various areas of life among all generations. In addition to television, we use smartphones, tablets, computers, game consoles and other devices that constantly need access to the Internet on a daily basis. The media are part of our everyday life and we practically can't avoid them. This is why media literacy is important and not enough time has been devoted to it. The task of adults or in this case kindergarten teachers is to empower the child to live in today's media world. It is neccessary to prepare the child to understand and analyze media content and empower him to take a critical look at it.
Thesis Media literacy and its relevance for Kindergarten work consists of theoretical and empirical work. In the theoretical part, I defined the concept of media and presented different types of media and the media language. Also I explained influence of media on preschool childrens. In thesis I focused on the concepts of media education and media literacy and presented how they differ from each other.
In the empirical part I used questionnaire, which help us to see what preschool teachers means about media literacy and how much importance they attribute to it. The survey involved 70 preschool teachers from the various kindergartens across Slovenia. The research showed that 26 % of involved preschool teachers are familiar with the concept of media. 93 % preschool teacher include the media in their work. Also they are aware of the various infulences of media on the child.
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