Teaching media ethics through civic education in Poland: Assumptions of the core curriculum
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https://doi.org/10.15633/sce.02101Keywords:
civic education, ethical competence, ethics teaching, media ethics, media literacy, MEN core curriculum 2025, PolandAbstract
This article presents the results of an analysis of the scope and approach to media ethics issues in the core curriculum for Civic Education in upper-secondary schools, published by the Ministry of National Education (Poland) in March 2025. The study employed qualitative and quantitative content analysis of the complete curriculum text. The analysis demonstrated that media ethics content appears in ten points (12.2% of all entries). Four dominant ethical principles were identified in the document: accuracy and truthfulness of information, countering disinformation and manipulation, responsibility for messages and their social consequences, and critical evaluation of sources and credibility. The results indicate that media ethics content is distinctly practical, focusing on developing specific civic competencies.
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