Review article
https://doi.org/10.21464/mo.29.2.6
Media didactics: Yesterday, today, tomorrow. Anatomy of the discipline, its history and recent trends
Tomislav Topolovčan
orcid.org/0009-0005-8813-9465
; Faculty of Teacher Education, Univeristy of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Abstract
A genesis of media didactics was deconstructed through a theoretical-comparative and historical methodological approach, with the aim of gaining insight into its history and characteristics, defining the discipline, and recent development trends. The study elaborates the role of media in education, schooling, teaching, and learning. The anatomy of the social circumstances of the emergence of certain curriculum innovations and their consequences for global education as well as the development of media didactics is systematically explained. A synthesis of the facts obtained from the analysed concept makes it evident that the development of media didactics was influenced by the concept of instructional technology transferred from the USA, as well as several social and technological factors. Theoretical and practical essence of media didactics is established in the application of various media with the purpose of arranging individualized, i.e., student-centred teaching. Over time, the characteristics and role of media in teaching have changed in accordance with the dominant didactic theories. A crucial challenge for media didactics is foreseen in the form of the application of artificial intelligence in education and schooling.
Keywords
didactics; curriculu; instructional media; new media; instructional technology; education; history of pedagogy
Hrčak ID:
296366
URI
Publication date:
28.2.2023.
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