Media Mentors in Schools: Students Helping Students Navigate Digital Landscapes
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Specially trained youth will be spreading digital wisdom to their fellow students in Sachsen-Anhalt schools. Officially launched by the Institute for School Quality and Teacher Education in Halle, the "Media Mentors Sachsen-Anhalt" initiative was announced by the Ministry of Education.
Media Mentors are students, both girls and boys, who learn to help their peers navigate the digital world, dealing with topics like Social Media, Data Privacy, and Online Communication.
"Young people reach young people better than adults. They're aware of the latest trends and challenges, meeting them eye to eye," explained Education Minister Eva Feußner (CDU). The Media Mentors complement and strengthen the work of teachers. By making Media Education more visible and interactive at schools, our educational institutions become places where young people grow to become confident, responsible internet citizens, as the Minister stated.
Teachers at participating schools must first complete a special Media Mentor training. The initiative targets students from Grade 4 upward. A network of schools promoting and supporting media competence is planned, as explained further by the Ministry of Education. This initiative is a collaboration between the Media Pedagogical Consulting of Sachsen-Anhalt and is supported by the State Center for Political Education and the educational initiative "Media Mentors in Sachsen."
- Sachsen-Anhalt
- Youth Empowerment
- Sachsen
- German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)
- The "Community policy" laid out by the Ministry of Education in Sachsen-Anhalt includes a vocational training program for students, known as Media Mentors, who will be providing digital education to their peers.
- This vocational training, part of the Media Mentors Sachsen-Anhalt initiative, involves education and self-development in areas such as Social Media, Data Privacy, and Online Communication, to help young people grow into responsible internet citizens.
- Participating schools require teachers to undergo a special Media Mentor training, which forms part of the broader vocational training provided within this educational-and-self-development initiative.
- The vocational training provided in this initiative aims to create a network of schools promoting media competence, contributing to the personal-growth and development of Jugendliche (youth) in the digital world, for which the State Center for Political Education and the educational initiative "Media Mentors in Sachsen" provide support, under the umbrella of the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF).
