Are teachers ready?: media literacy of teacher-training students in Peru

Abstract

In Peru, media education has never been formally present in the curriculum nor the educational agenda. This presentation analyses Peruvian educational context and explores pre-service teachers’ knowledge and beliefs on media education. A survey with an ad-hoc questionnaire (N=501) was applied to ?nd what they think of media education; its relevance; how is being taught; if they feel competent to teach about media and to integrate ICT into their pedagogical practices. The results con?rm the importance of working media education with pre-service teachers, involving their subjectivity and their own ideas.