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ComCom Holds a Meeting with Teachers in Non-Georgian-Language Schools for the Purpose of Media Literacy Integration
In order to promote the integration of media literacy in non-Georgian-language schools, the Communications Commission held a working meeting with consultant teachers to help raise awareness about media literacy and integrate the subject in non-Georgian-language schools in Bolnisi, Akhaltsikhe, Akhalkalaki, Gardabani, Tsalka and Marneuli. The meeting served to share resources and practical methods for teaching media literacy.
The meeting was opened by Head of the Media Literacy Department of the Communications Commission, Mariam Dakhundaridze; Head of the National Curriculum Development and State Standards Implementation Project of the Ministry of Education, Science and Youth, Tamar Grigolia; and Head of the Non-Georgian-Language Schools Support Project of the National Center for Teacher Professional Development, Nino Berikashvili, who highlighted the need to integrate media literacy in non-Georgian-language schools.
During the next phase of the meeting, representatives of the Media Literacy Department of the Communications Commission, Mariam Gugulashvili and Nino Machavariani, shared information about the Commission's projects that facilitate the development of media literacy in formal and informal education. More specifically, they discussed the educational resources translated and published by the Communications Commission, the national media literacy platform, competitions for schoolchildren, and other topics.
In addition, the participants were met by Manana Jincharadze, a trainer at the National Center for Teacher Professional Development, who discussed media literacy as a cross-cutting competency. Irina Chapodze, a teacher at Kutaisi Public School No. 45 and winner of the ComCom Media Literacy Olympiad, shared her experience about the Media Literacy Club and other interesting activities that may be introduced in various subjects to facilitate the development of critical and logical thinking among students. Other participants included Magda Tavkhelidze, an IT teacher at Tbilisi Public School No. 114, who teaches computer science in elementary grades using the Hello Ruby book that has been translated and published by ComCom, and helps raise awareness among high school students through the Media Literacy Club. She shared her experience about the informal methods of teaching media literacy.
The Communications Commission, in cooperation with the Ministry of Education, Science and Youth and with the support of UNICEF, launched the project to integrate media literacy into formal education in 2022. Within the scope of the project, the Commission carried out research on media literacy needs, devised an educational standard, teaching module and textbook, which have been used to train more than 2000 teachers across Georgia in teaching media literacy. As a result, media literacy is already being taught as a separate optional subject at 227 schools across Georgia.
Facilitating the integration of media literacy into formal education and raising participation in this process remains a priority for the Communications Commission.
