Analysis and development of media education solutions for pre- and primary schoolers in Pirkanmaa’s libraries
Põldots, Kristina (2016)
Tampereen ammattikorkeakoulu
2016
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2016052610147
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2016052610147
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The aim of this thesis was to analyse media education methods for preschoolers in Pirkanmaa’s libraries and how to further develop these methods for primary schoolers. The objective was to make suggestions for developing the existing media education solutions. In addition, the goal was to create a general instructions manual to act as a basis for designers when designing children’s applications.
The first part of this thesis emphasizes the importance of media education for children. It also outlines the basis of planning and implementing early childhood media education.
The theoretical section analyses different principles of designing for children. It discusses different parts of the design process in detail and examines whether these principles have been followed in previously created applications or not. In addition, it
analyses the existing Finnish media education games for pre- and primary schoolers.
The third part of the thesis analyses the media education applications previously created for Pirkanmaa’s libraries and their effectiveness. The results of the feedback received from the client and target users of these applications are also presented.
The findings indicate that there is a need for interactive media education solutions for primary schoolers in Finland and content creators need to follow certain design guidelines to be able to cover not only all the necessary topics but also to design visually effective and practical applications.
As a result of these findings, the practical part of the thesis also includes a visual instructions manual for designing applications for children and introduces a concept design for a media education application for Finnish speaking primary schoolers.
The first part of this thesis emphasizes the importance of media education for children. It also outlines the basis of planning and implementing early childhood media education.
The theoretical section analyses different principles of designing for children. It discusses different parts of the design process in detail and examines whether these principles have been followed in previously created applications or not. In addition, it
analyses the existing Finnish media education games for pre- and primary schoolers.
The third part of the thesis analyses the media education applications previously created for Pirkanmaa’s libraries and their effectiveness. The results of the feedback received from the client and target users of these applications are also presented.
The findings indicate that there is a need for interactive media education solutions for primary schoolers in Finland and content creators need to follow certain design guidelines to be able to cover not only all the necessary topics but also to design visually effective and practical applications.
As a result of these findings, the practical part of the thesis also includes a visual instructions manual for designing applications for children and introduces a concept design for a media education application for Finnish speaking primary schoolers.