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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.34069/AI/2020.30.06.14
Written by:
Valentina V. Mantulenko139
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4333-7159
SPIN-code: 4051-7935
Abstract Аннотация
Our society is increasingly dependent on digital Наше общество становится всё более
media. Socio-economic changes in Russia and зависимым от цифровых медиа. Социально-
the information explosion that has affected the экономические изменения в России и
whole world require a revision of traditional информационный взрыв, затронувший весь
systems, content, methods and technologies of мир, требуют пересмотра сложившихся систем,
education in the context of various media usage. содержания, методов и технологий
The purpose of this research is to theoretically образования в контексте использования
substantiate, develop and experimentally prove различных информационных и
tools for effective usage of digital media in the коммуникационных средств. Целью
educational process of secondary schools in настоящего исследования является
Russia. According to the purpose and hypothesis, теоретическое обоснование, разработка и
the objectives of this research are: to define the экспериментальное обоснование инструментов
essence, functions, didactic and educational эффективного использования цифровых медиа
possibilities of digital media; to identify в учебном процессе общеобразовательных
pedagogical aspects of their usage in education; школ России. В соответствии с целью и
to determine structural components of teachers' гипотезой, задачами данной работы
readiness to using digital media in their work; to являются: определение сущности, функций,
develop tools for using digital media in the дидактических и воспитательных
educational process of secondary schools; to возможностей цифровых медиа; выявление
prove experimentally the effectiveness of the педагогических аспектов их использования в
developed tools. The research object is the образовании; определение структурных
educational process of secondary schools under компонентов готовности педагогов к
conditions of digitalization of the Russian использованию цифровых медиа в своей
education. The subject of this research covers работе; разработка инструментов
tools of effective usage of digital media in the использования цифровых медиа в учебном
educational process of secondary schools. The процессе; экспериментальное обоснование
methodological basis of this research was the эффективности разработанных инструментов.
philosophical concept of dialectical cognition as Объектом исследования является
the basis of scientific pedagogy; the theory of образовательный процесс в контексте
system-complex and personal-activity цифровизации российского образования.
approaches to the study of pedagogical Предметом работы выступают способы
phenomena, the integration concept of science, эффективного использования цифровых медиа
education, technology and production. в образовательном процессе школы.
Results: based on the analysis of theoretical Методологической основой настоящего
sources on the use of digital media in education исследования явились философская концепция
and the own diagnostic study, the author диалектического познания как основы научной
determined and experimentally tested possible педагогики; теория системно-комплексного и
ways of applying digital media as pedagogical личностно-деятельностного подходов к
tools taking into account their functional load: as изучению педагогических явлений;
means for transforming traditional tasks in a интеграционная концепция науки,
special form; as a teaching assistance instrument; образования, техники и производства.
Результаты: на основе анализа теоретических
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Associate Professor, Ph.D., Samara State University of Economics, Samara, Russia.
Introduction
Modern secondary school operates in special related to the search, processing and presentation
conditions. Their specificity is largely of information material, and so on, what is
determined by the global process of extremely valuable is the ability to navigate in
informatization and digitalization of our society, the personal information field and in the existing
culture, education. Digital media play an media world as a whole. On the one hand,
important role in the lives of not only adults but “… teacher candidates need to adapt themselves
also children, teenagers. According to various to the technology that is developing every day …
sociological studies of the recent years, among our students use computers, laptops, Internet and
different information sources and transmission smart phones all the time, it is inevitable that
channels, which are chosen by schoolchildren, prospective teachers … can face some problems
the digital media are an undisputed leader. and difficulties” (Debeş, & Oznacar, 2019,
Teenagers increasingly organize their leisure p. 245). On the other hand, the role of teacher is
time with the help of various media, and include becoming more complicated and significant as
the information obtained in this way in their they should help students to get oriented in the
communication with friends, parents, teachers. complex information world (Angeli, &
Giannakos, 2020).
Nowadays, the term ‘media’ is used as an
analogue of the concept of information and This research is aimed at analyzing various
communication tools, these include print, aspects of students’ media usage, didactic
photography, radio, cinematography, television, potential of digital media for the secondary
video, multimedia computer systems, including education, difficulties that school teacher face in
the Internet. While in the formulations of ‘media’ the digitalization process and possible ways of
adopted in different countries, as a rule, there are digital media use in education.
no discrepancies, they differ only stylistically.
Theoretical framework
“The development of ‘new media’ during the last
decades has had an undeniable and huge impact Russian Minister of Education Olga Vasilyeva
on people's behavior, and the use thereof has said that the performance of Russian students in
increased steadily and significantly” the international PISA study "sagged" because
(Strasburger, & et al., 2013). The scale of the Russian schools have not built logistics for
media influence on various life spheres increases "knowledge acquisition" using a computer
every day. This aspect poses new challenges to (Mel, 2019).
the educational system, requires from a person
not only knowledge of modern technical devices According to surveys, the time spent by children
and the ability to work with them, but also a watching television programs or working on a
certain level of critical thinking (the ability to computer, already exceeds the time they spend at
interpret media messages, understand different school (Yakushina, 2000). A.A. Zhurin notes that
media texts), skills of independent creative work information obtained from various media
Being active users of various media, students, Conceptually, the following aspects are essential
however, do not always understand the true for our study:
meaning of messages, motives and mechanisms
of their creation. It is worth noting that the the main provisions of the pedagogic
information transmitted through media channels methodology and (media)pedagogic research
is often aimed at manipulating the consciousness methods (Krayevsky, 1994), Zagvyazinsky
of the consumer with political, economic or other (2005), S. Feierabend, & W. Klingler,
goals. Students can consciously avoid necessary, (2000, 2003), etc.),
but complex educational programs, serious concepts of humanization of education
socio-political programs, placing themselves in a (V.P. Bezdukhov (1997),
kind of "information cocoon" and isolating A.A. Melik-Pashayev (1989), etc.),
themselves from the real world, live in virtual theory of personality-oriented education
reality. This can play a negative role of an (E.V. Bondarevskaya (1997), V.V. Serikov
intangible barrier that entails information (1999), etc.),
limitations of the cognitive process and the actual research on the use of media in the
existence of the individual (Zaznobina, 1995). educational process (S. Aufenanger (2019),
D. Baake (1997), O.V. Danilenko (2000),
L.S. Zaznobina (1999), A.V. Fedorov (2001a) and G.I. Datsyuk (2001), I.G. Zakharova (2003),
some other researchers note that with the help of L.J. Issing (1994), E. Klochkova, O. Ledneva,
the media, teenagers do not look for "knowledge" N. Sadovnikova, E. Darda, & L. Oveshnikova
that they "did not get at school" – the desire to have (2019), etc.),
fun comes first, but many media perform modern concepts of students' health
educational and upbringing functions. For protection in the conditions of
example, some television programs and Internet informatization and digitalization of
sites contain information associated with the education (A.V. Fedorov (2001b),
school subjects, but this didactic potential is not E.A. Bondarenko, A.A. Zhurin, &
taken into account, as a rule, the impact of many I.A. Milutina (2004), U.H. Bittlingmayer,
information flows on students is not regulated by K. Dadaczynski, D. Sahrai,
anyone (Mantulenko, 2005). On the other hand, S. van den Broucke, & O. Okan (2020), etc.).
despite the curiosity of children, school materials
seldom make complex and abstract topics The experimental base of this research were
attractive. That may result in the lack of attention municipal educational institutions of Samara,
and low cognitive activity of pupils (Anger, secondary schools № 37, 76, 116, 158, 44,
Koppel, Plünnecke, Röben, & Schüler, 2018). Samara State University, as well as the Samara
According to I. Kmecova (2020), digital media branch of the Federation of Internet Education.
create a new space in the framework of the The experimental part of the study affected 320
educational process for creative human activities people: 240 of them – schoolchildren, 30
at the expense of the automatization of mechanical teachers of secondary schools, 10 HEIs teachers
and reproductive actions. and 40 HEIs students.
To solve the research tasks, the author used a set out, methodological recommendations on the use
of complementary methods adequate to the of digital media in educational and professional
subject of the study: analysis of philosophical, pedagogic activities were developed, the
psychological, pedagogical and methodological hypothesis provisions were checked.
literature on the research problem, the study and
generalization of pedagogical experience, Results and discussion
empirical methods (observation, questioning,
ascertaining and forming experiments; analysis In addition to determining the nature, functions,
of experimental results). educational opportunities of digital media and
studying the pedagogical aspects of their
The reliability of the research results is provided application in the educational process, the
by the validity of the methodology, its relevance objectives of our study were also to determine the
to the research problem, conducting research on interest and readiness of students and teachers to
the theoretical and practical levels; usage of use new media in their work, the development
complex methods, and the representativeness of and experimental testing of ways of effective
the sample. digital media application in the educational
process.
The main provisions and results of the study were
discussed at methodological seminars of The nature of interaction between modern
postgraduates at Samara State University from schoolchildren and digital media was studied in
2003 to 2014, presented in reports at scientific the framework of an empirical study. For the
and practical regional, all-Russian and survey of schoolchildren aged 7-14 years, a
international conferences. Implementation of the questionnaire was drawn up, the questions of
research results was carried out within the which affected various spheres of pupils’ life,
framework of the developed optional course for due to their relevance, aroused children’s interest
students of 8th-9th forms of secondary school / desire to share their experiences and problems
No. 37 of Samara, in the process of teaching of interaction with media.
students of Samara State University in the
framework of pedagogical and psychological The following topics were discussed during the
disciplines. survey:
The research was carried out in several stages: ways of free time spending;
thematic interests;
In the first phase, the author studied the extent of media provision;
the problem on the usage of digital media in the media addiction,
educational environment analyzing computer use,
philosophical, psychological and pedagogical Internet and social media use.
literature, foreign experience of media-
pedagogical work, and preparing the conduct of The analysis of the survey results showed that
the experimental phase. By the end of this stage, 7-14-year-old-students already have a rich media
we identified the research purpose, object, experience. Among the most common ways of
subject and objectives, formulated a research spending free time, there were watching
hypothesis. television programs, videos, listening to music,
radio. Almost half of the respondents organize
At the second stage, a purposeful study of their leisure time most often with the help of a
pedagogical aspects of using digital media in the personal computer.
educational process was conducted, experimental
work was carried out to determine the level of Thematic interests of schoolchildren vary
interest and readiness of students and teachers to depending on age and gender. However, in general,
use digital media in educational and teaching topics related to computer, television, and Internet
activities, respectively; the obtained data were are interesting for more than 50% of the survey
analyzed and conclusions were formulated. On the participants. The interest in various digital media
basis of the results of diagnostic work, we and popular media products (f.e. social networks)
determined tools of effective usage of digital increases with age (Zotova, Mantulenko,
media in the educational process of secondary Timoshchuk, Stašová, 2020).
schools and experimentally tested them.
Many children grow up in a well-technically and
At the third stage, the experimental work results media-equipped environment, which provides
were analyzed, generalization and broad opportunities for children to work
systematization of the obtained data were carried independently with various electronic devices
and digital media. Almost 90% of students aged Flexibility of the teachers, their engagement,
7-14 years are able to work with a computer, creative activity by the use of modern technical
while the majority use it every day or almost achievements in their work is one of the
every day, most often at home or with friends, determining conditions for the successful use of
and only 2.5% of respondents – at school. As a modern information and communication
rule, the computer is used for games, watching technology in the educational process
movies, listening to music, but practically does (Mantulenko, 2007).
not find any use for educational purposes. The
same should be said about the Internet. The study of the experience of domestic and
foreign researchers on the considered issues
With age, the number of Internet users among allowed to present the teacher’s readiness to
schoolchildren increases, the so-called "Internet digital media use in the educational context as an
socialization" of most pupils is associated with integrative characteristic, including the
their own parents, who, however, do not following components: informational,
sufficiently monitor what their children are doing motivational, target, activity.
on the computer and in the global computer
network. Students use the Internet most often to Our empirical study among the students of the
find information they are interested in listeners (school teachers) of the Samara
(music, games, etc.), or useful material for their Federation of the Internet Education gave the
school tasks. Very often the Internet is used as a following results.
communication means (e-mail, SMS, social
networks and messengers). many teachers have at their disposal a fairly
rich arsenal of technical means, they mostly
Despite the fact that children have use TV/ video/CDs at their lessons to
communication experience via electronic media increase the cognitive activity of students,
and a high interest in the use of these technical make classes more interesting,
means in the education, they are not still aware most teachers receive information about new
of rich educational opportunities of digital media, media products for educational purposes and
specific ways of using them for educational possibilities of their usage for teaching
purposes. To solve this problem, it is important activities at different training courses /
not only to provide schools with a good technical during re-training programs;
equipment, but also to develop the willingness however, a half of teachers at the final stage
and desire of teachers to use digital media and of their retraining indicated that they do not
their didactic potential in their work. intend to use any technical means in their
work; those who already use media in
Modern information conditions impose new teaching school subjects prefer reproductive
requirements to the personality of teachers, their types of media work.
professional qualities, functions and role in the
educational process. Digital media due to their Based on the received results, we can suggest that
specific characteristics are able to model the today in the structure of teacher’s readiness to
teachers’ activities o to a certain extent, but they use digital media in the educational process the
are unlikely to be able to completely replace motivational component is especially significant.
teachers, giving them only the role of an observer And the emphasis on the teacher’s motivation
(assistant) in the foreseeable future. should be made at the stage of any professional
retraining first of all.
The teacher cannot and should not ignore the
impact of information and communication tools The theoretical development of the issue on the
on the educational process, the need to use of digital media in education and our own
harmonize, adjust numerous information flows diagnostic study formed the basis for the
aimed at modern students, the availability of the classification of the functional load of media,
educational potential of digital media and the allowing them to be used as pedagogical tools. In
need for its inclusion in the educational process. our opinion, the main ways of using digital media
It is believed that the teacher of today must be in education are:
able not just to properly use existing media
products for educational purposes, to involve as means by which traditional school tasks
those or other information resources, but also to are processed in a special form;
develop their own training products, effective use as a teaching assistant;
electronic media both at the stage of preparation as a communication means;
for classes, and during their conduct, as well as
as a reality modeling tool (Mantulenko,
in the process of improving their own skills.
2007).
Testing these ways was carried out in the comprehensive means of human development,
conditions of the natural pedagogical and such specific features of electronic media as
experiment. The initial setting was the idea that multimedia, interactivity, modeling,
the expected result will be achieved in the communication and productivity, allow us to talk
presence of closely interrelated indicators, the about new educational functions of media and
key one of which is the cognitive activity of develop media products for educational purposes
schoolchildren. on this basis, information training technology.