Abstract:

This research was carried out to determine 6th 7th and 8th grade students’ attitudes towards media literacy lessons, which are started to be studied as an optional lesson for second grade in primary education in 20072008. In this research, a likert-type measure called “Attitude Scale of Second Grade in Primary Education Towards Media Literacy Lesson Activities”, consisting of 33 items, is used. The measure is applied to 350 students studying 6th 7th 8thgrades in center of Kütahya and districts of Altıntaş. In the analysis of the data which is gained from research, “T test” and “single-factor variance analysis” are used.At the end of this research, ithas been generally concludedthat students’ attitudes are generally positive towards the media literacy lesson. Beneath the attitudes of the students, it is understood that there are meaningful variations: (1) In expressions towards liking and enjoying the activities of media literacy lesson, these variations are negative in terms of school variable and positive in terms of their fathers’ education; (2) in expressions towards reluctance in participating to the activities of media literacy lesson, these variations are positive in terms of gender, school, class and the education of their fathers variables; (3) in expressions towards the contribution to the achievements of media literacy lesson activities, these variations are positive in terms of class variable and negative in terms of school and the education of their fathers variables

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