The role of Education in Engaging and Equipping People for Change

What is Sustainability? Sustainable development is the development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of the future generation to meet their own needs (Brundtland definition)

Components of Education for Sustainability Envisioning a better future Critical Thinking and Reflection Participation Partnerships for Change Systems t Thinking

Participation Goes beyond consultation, involving people in joint analysis, planning and control of local decision. Put decision-making in the hands of the participants. Creates a greater sense of ownership and commitment to action. Builds capacity for self-reliance and self organisation. Empowers individuals to take action.

What characterises participation? involvement Sharing Contribution Making connection Engagement Building Relationship Joining Together Amalgamation Taking Ownership Belonging Life Long Learning

Learning in Media Arts Media Arts: Students use communications technologies to tell stories, represent and communicate ideas and explore concepts. Linier & non-linier media electronic interactive media technologies: Radio, television, film, video, internet, computer games and mobile media,. Print-based media: newspapers; magazine, bill boards Merged media: e-newspapers & e-magazine, electronic billboards and signs.

Media Participation & Education 1. We live in a media-saturated environment. 2. Media literacy emphasizes critical thinking. 3. Being media literate is part of being an educated citizen. 4. Media literacy promotes active participation in a media- saturated environment. 5. Media education helps us to understand communication technologies. 6. Media literacy has been integrated into all subject areas from K-12. Dan Blake, Canadian Association of Media Education.

Being (Media)Literate Literacy is the ability to read and write and use written information appropriately in a range of contexts. It also involves the integration of speaking, listening, viewing and critical thinking with reading and writing, and includes the cultural knowledge which enables a speaker, reader or writer to recognise and use language appropriate to different social situations. (State and Federal Ministers of Education, 1997)

What is and why animation? Animation is a form of optical illusion where inanimate objects or drawings appear to move by displaying slightly altered states, one after another. Animation is a media genre that is still commonly used and one students engage with from their earliest media exposure through to the present day.

Stop-Start Animation Graphic animation (Disney flips slides) Clay animation (Wallace & Gromit) Computer manipulated images (Finding Nemo, The Simpsons) Cut out animation (South Park, Monty Python)

Stop-Start Animation Visual Narrative Media Arts: Students use communications technologies to tell stories, represent and communicate ideas and explore concepts. Stories are created and told through…. Incremental changes from one frame to the next. Through the interplay and combination of visual & auditory element.