TY - BOOK
T1 - InQueensland Media Academy Course Evaluation
AU - Chambers, Simon
AU - Notley, Tanya
PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - The 12-week InQueensland Media Academy Course offered by the IMPACT Centre provides a unique and engaging approach to secondary school media education. The course focuses on developing students' journalism skills by supporting students to develop and publish their own news articles. This evaluation report is based on analysis of the experiences of students from four schools who participated in the course in the first half of 2022. The analysis is derived from two sources: a pre and post course survey (n=17) and a focus group discussion with students at each school (n=34). Students reported a range of positive reflections on the course: from developing improved writing skills, to a greater understanding of and appreciation for the challenging role of journalism. At the conclusion of the course a number of students also demonstrated a capacity to engage in critical reflections on the role and impact of media in Australian society. The results of the surveys administered to students before and after they completed the course, however, only showed limited statistically significant shifts in news media attitudes, critical news analysis abilities or news engagement behaviours. These results point to opportunities to build on the course's strength in developing news media production skills to further align this focus with the development of news critical analysis skills.
AB - The 12-week InQueensland Media Academy Course offered by the IMPACT Centre provides a unique and engaging approach to secondary school media education. The course focuses on developing students' journalism skills by supporting students to develop and publish their own news articles. This evaluation report is based on analysis of the experiences of students from four schools who participated in the course in the first half of 2022. The analysis is derived from two sources: a pre and post course survey (n=17) and a focus group discussion with students at each school (n=34). Students reported a range of positive reflections on the course: from developing improved writing skills, to a greater understanding of and appreciation for the challenging role of journalism. At the conclusion of the course a number of students also demonstrated a capacity to engage in critical reflections on the role and impact of media in Australian society. The results of the surveys administered to students before and after they completed the course, however, only showed limited statistically significant shifts in news media attitudes, critical news analysis abilities or news engagement behaviours. These results point to opportunities to build on the course's strength in developing news media production skills to further align this focus with the development of news critical analysis skills.
UR - https://hdl.handle.net/1959.7/uws:68483
UR - https://www.westernsydney.edu.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0011/1962866/Media_Academy_Course_Evaluation.pdf
M3 - Research report
BT - InQueensland Media Academy Course Evaluation
PB - Western Sydney University and Queensland University
CY - Penrith, N.S.W.
ER -