Dear colleagues,

The Russian Association for Film and Media Education invites you (as an expert in the field of a media education/literacy) to take part in a survey. The analysis of the results will be published in the Russian magazine "Media Education" which (since 2005) has been published with the support of the Russian Committee of the UNESCO Program “Information for All”.

Russian Association for Film and Media Education

Questions for experts

1. What is the present condition of media education/literacy development in your country? What are the main achievements, failures, and problems?

2. Have any new tendencies in media education appeared in your country in the 21st century?

3. Could evidence from foreign experience help the development of media education in your country? If yes, which country’s experiences would be useful? ? And how might it help?

4. Can modern media criticism become the ally of movement of media education? If yes, how?

5. Is it essential to introduce compulsory integrated or specialist media education courses in curricula of mainstream schools? Or would it be better to set up informal courses for general audiences?

6. Are there specialist “Media educator” courses in higher education in your country? If not, why? If yes, what kind(s) of courses are there and how were they set up?

7. What prospects are there for the development of media education/literacy in your country in the foreseeable future? What, in your opinion, are the essential first steps?

We also ask you to provide some information about yourself (your name, country, city, school/university, position, academic degree).

Please, send your answers to e-mails:

fedor@pbox.ttn.ru tina5@rambler.ru

Best wishes,
Prof. Dr. Alexander Fedorov,
President of Russian Association for Film & Media Education
http://edu.of.ru/mediaeducation (Russian and English versions)
http://www.mediaeducation.boom.ru (English Version),
Editor of Russian Journal 'Media Education':
http://www.ifap.ru/projects/mediamag.htm
Expert of Russian Committee of the UNESCO Program 'Infomation for All' (www.ifap.ru),
pro-rector of Taganrog State Pedagogical Institute (www.tgpi.ttn.ru),
Also Media Education Webs:
Media Education on the UNESCO Moscow Office:
http://www.unesco.ru/rus/pages/bythemes/stasya29062005124316.php (Russian Version)
http://www.unesco.ru/eng/pages/bythemes/stasya29062005124316.php (English Version)
And media education articles on the web http://www.auditorium.ru