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IkäihMe-project: Developing teacher education of adult educators - targeting older people's media education

Funding

The project is part of Teacher Education Development Programme of the Ministry of Education and Culture (2018–2021).

Project partners

IkäihMe-project is coordinated by the University of Lapland, and the project is implemented in co-operation with the University of Helsinki and a large number of stakeholders, that is, senior citizens and experts working with and for them in non-governmental organizations, public sector, and adult education organizations. 

Description

The aim of the project is to develop the teacher education of adult educators in terms of its teaching practice, contents, and methods. During the project, a digital study module focused on older people’s media education is designed, produced, and piloted in a research-based manner. The study module can be freely used by different universities, liberal adult education organizations, adult education, and training organizations. The study module focuses on older people’s media education, digital competences, teaching, and learning.

At the University of Lapland, the study module is integrated into teachers’ pedagogical studies, where the new blended learning course "Older people, media education and facilitation of learning (2 cr)" is produced. At the University of Helsinki the online course “Older people and media education (2 cr)” is being implemented as a part of teacher education of subject teachers in adult education. The universities of Lapland and Helsinki are responsible for the design, piloting, and further development of the study module on a research basis.

Research activities

The project is a design-based research (DBR) project, which aims to increase knowledge of media education that is best suited to the own needs of older people. Research data is collected, for instance, through a systematic literature review as well as design and evaluation workshops for older people, professionals working with them, and teacher students. The information will be utilized in the design of the contents and methods of the study module on media education produced in the project.

    • Vuojärvi, H., Purtilo-Nieminen, S., Rasi, P., & Rivinen, S. (2021). Conceptions of adult education teachers-in-training regarding the media literacy education of older people — A phenomenographic study to inform a course design. Journal of Media Literacy Education. Pre-print version: https://digitalcommons.uri.edu/jmle-preprints/6

    • Purtilo-Nieminen, S., Vuojärvi, H., Rivinen, S., & Rasi, P. (2021). Student teachers’ narratives on learning: A case study of a course on older people’s media literacy education. Teaching and Teacher Education, Vol. 106. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tate.2021.103432

    • Cornér, T. (2020). Older people’s relationship with media in physical distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic in spring 2020: Emotions as a result of the news and wisdom in actions. Manuscript submitted for publication.

    •  Rivinen, S., Rasi-Heikkinen, P., Vuojärvi, H., & Purtilo-Nieminen, S. (2022). Teacher Students’ Designing Media Education for Older People: Creative and Need-Based Pedagogies Emphasized. Seminar.net, 18(1). https://doi.org/10.7577/seminar.4075

    • Rivinen, S. (2020). Media education for older people – Views of stakeholders, Educational Gerontology, 46(4), 195-206. DOI: 10.1080/03601277.2020.1725307

    • Cornér, T., Rivinen, S., Rasi, P., Vuojärvi, H., Kynäslahti, H. & Purtilo-Nieminen, S. (2020). Principles for designing older people’s media-literacy education. EdMedia-Innovate learning, 23.-26.6.2020, Amsterdam, Netherlands.

    • Rivinen, S., Cornér, T., Rasi, P., & Kynäslahti, H. (2019). What should older people’s media education look like? Results from the IkäihMe-project workshops for older adults and other stakeholders. NordMedia 2019 -conference, 21.-23.8.2019, Malmö, Sweden.

    • Rivinen, S. (2020). A lecture focusing on ”Older people and research on media education” at MEDU3101 Research on Media Education (5 op) -course, 21.4.2020, University of Lapland, Faculty of Education, Rovaniemi, Finland.

    • Rivinen, S., Rasi, P., & Vuojärvi, H. (2019). Developing teacher education of adult educators – Focusing on older people’s media education. MEC 2019 Media Education Conference, 24-26.4.2019, Salla, Finland.

Contact information

Päivi Rasi ikäihme

Päivi Rasi
Associate Professor, Principal Investigator
University of Lapland
Faculty of Education
+358 40 484 4240

firstname.surname@ulapland.fi

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Susanna Rivinen ikäihme

Susanna Rivinen
Researcher, Doctoral Candidate
University of Lapland
Faculty of Education
+358 40 484 4355
firstname.surname@ulapland.fi

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