Middle School Media Literacy for Reproductive Health

项目描述(申请人提供)：该项目将开发一个预防项目的原型，重点是向中学生传授媒介素养技能，目的是提高青少年的决策技能，以防止早期性行为和青少年怀孕。这项10节课的课程将包括一本教师手册，其中包括每一节课的目标和目的、课程脚本、广告和媒体示例、课堂讲义、家庭作业、额外资源和基于技能的评估工具。此外，最终计划将包括一张DVD，其中包含10个类似于PowerPoint的多媒体演示文稿，其中集成了视频和音频剪辑，旨在用于教授每一课。该计划将在包括公立和私立中学在内的一系列教育环境中使用，以及课外、基于信仰和基于社区的计划。第一阶段的项目开发将由项目开发团队成员以及媒体素养和健康教育人员组成，开发项目的范围和顺序以及前五堂典型课程。两种方法将被用来收集复习过程中的反馈：1)参加四个焦点小组的中学生，以及2)两名公立中学教师和两名教育工作者在他们的课堂上试行五节课的课外项目。这些方法将提供关于计划的形式、目标和内容的反馈，在中学环境中传播拟议计划的可行性，以及计划有效性的可行性。这项研究的潜在商业应用包括创建易于使用、有吸引力、有效的预防干预计划和可在广泛的教育环境中采用的教师培训研讨会。公共卫生相关性：媒体素养教育是预防包括早期性行为在内的许多危险行为的有效方法。本项目的目的是完成和评估一个易于使用的、有吸引力的、基于研究的预防干预计划，供中学教师和学生使用，使用积极的学习方法。课程的设计将是灵活的，供公立、私立或家庭学校的教育工作者以及基于信仰、课外或社区项目的健康教育工作者或青年团体领导人教授。该项目将导致开发一种商业上可用的、对教师友好的教育工具，并得到经验验证的结果。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The proposed project will involve the development of a prototype for a prevention program that focuses on teaching media literacy skills to middle school students for the purpose of enhancing adolescents' decision-making skills to prevent early sexual behaviors and teen pregnancy. The 10-lesson program will consist of a Teachers Manual including goals and objectives for each lesson, lesson scripts, ad and media examples, class handouts, homework assignments, additional resources, and skill-based evaluation tools. In addition, the final program will include a DVD with 10 multimedia PowerPoint-like presentations with integrated video and audio clips that are designed to be used while teaching each lesson. The program will be designed for use in a range of educational settings including public and private middle schools, as well as after school, faith- based, and community-based programs. Program development in Phase I will consist of Program Development team members along with media literacy and health educators developing the Scope and Sequence of the program and the first five prototypic lessons. Two methods will be used to gather feedback for the revision process: 1) middle school students participating in four focus groups, and 2) two public middle school teachers and two educators in afterschool programs piloting the five lessons in their classrooms. These methods will provide feedback about the format, goals, and content of the program, feasibility of disseminating the proposed program in middle school settings, and feasibility of the program's effectiveness. The potential commercial applications of this research include the creation of an easy-to-use, attractive, effective preventive intervention program and teacher training workshops that can be adopted in a wide range of educational settings. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: Media literacy education is an effective approach for the prevention of many risk behaviors, including early sexual behaviors. The purpose of this project is to complete and evaluate an easy-to use, attractive, research- based preventive intervention program for use with middle school teachers and students that utilizes active learning methods. The curriculum will be designed to be flexible for delivery by educators working in public, private, or home schools as well as by health educators or youth group leaders of faith-based, after school, or community-based programs. This project will result in the development of a commercially available, teacher- friendly, educational tool with empirically-tested results.