VerTV: An educational experience in Television Competence applied to Chilean high school students.

Abstract

Media Competences have settled within international discussion as a priority axis in the citizen formation and formal education context. Both European and Latin-American governments have started initiatives whose main objective is to provide citizens with tools that will allow them to undertake a critical stand regarding the communicative setting in which they are established. The Chilean case is placed in this reality and, thus, this investigation's purpose is aimed towards an even more specific niche such as education in Television Competence. The execution of the formation-education VerTV project, aimed towards high school students and teachers of the central-southern area of Chile, had the objective of educating within said competence creating theoretical-practical contents which, through participational methodologies will provide the participants with the necessary tools for its good use, stimulating a critic stand within this context. After the project execution, surveys and interviews were carried out to obtain information that allows for a deeper understanding of their performance, the value that the participants assign to the educational experience that they were presented with, as well as the importance of the Television Competence regarding its mastering and relevance in the development of better equipped citizens against the challenges that media and communicational surroundings present.