The term "moving image education" itself refers to learning and teaching practices which develop moving image media literacy.
These practices include, analysing moving image texts, creating them, exploring, appreciating and sharing them, and being discerning about them. These practices are all represented in the "3cs'" of media literacy.
Why do we need MIE?
Moving image plays a large role in today's modern world;
- It has a large influence on global culture and communication.
- It has played a large part in over a century of human culture and history.
- It is constantly expaning economically.
Why study MIE?
From an early age children are exposed to many forms of moving images such as television and video. These are often the first cultural experiences children come across and they immediately being to make sense of moving images, for example they will being to understand that different sounds and music will signal different things such as danger or happieness.
Creative Scotland stresses the importance of learning about moving images for the same reason we learn about books in that they offer "unique opportunities to share the knowledge and imagination of others" (2009, no page).
From my own expierence I often found that many children are put off work if it consists of reading a book or a large piece of text. If I knew that the children were to be doing this I would always try and find a video clip or some form of media to introduce the lesson as it always seemed to engage the pupils. I can only imagine the particpation and interest if the whole lesson was based around a form of moving image media.
MIE and the Curriculum for Excellence
Moving Image Education (ADMC) and Scottish Screen (2006, p4) (can be found at http://www.movingimageeducation.org/files/pdfs/mie-and-a-curriculum-for-excellence-2006-booklet.pdf). |
"Film demands lots of different skills which means that a whole class or community group can participate. Not only writers, artists, performers, musicians and technicians, but organisers, planners, computer whizz kids.... everyone will have something to contribute to the group activities." (Creative Scotland, 2009, no page).
Moving Image Education, if used correctly in the classroom can produce brilliant results from varying ages and abilities.
References
Creative Scotland (2009) Moving Image Education Can be found at
http://www.movingimageeducation.org/resources/moving-image-education/whats-it-about
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Moving Image Education (ADMC) and Scottish Screen (2006) Moving Image Education and A Curriculum for Excellence Can be found at;
http://www.movingimageeducation.org/files/pdfs/mie-and-a-curriculum-for-excellence-2006-booklet.pdf
[accessed 27/1/12]