The fourth face-to-face meeting and co-creation workshop of the project ASAP - A Systemic APproach to social media and pre-adolescents through thinking skills education took place between 8 and 12 April. The partners met in České Budějovice (Czech Republic) for an intense week of work. Alongside updates on the tasks currently being carried out in the field - the European questionnaire and the focus groups with teachers, parents and pre-teens - the partners worked on developing the first draft of the learning units that will form part of the Educational Programme for teachers, parents and pre-teens.
The event also included the interim conference "Children in the World of Social Media". The event took place in a hybrid format and was attended by various experts from the fields of media literacy, cybersecurity, and education: Christine Trültzsch-Wijnen, Charles University, Prague, Faculty of Social Sciences, MIRA+ Research Group; Dana Robota, The County Center for Educational Resources and Assistance from Iasi, Romania; David Smahel, Interdisciplinary Research Team on Internet and Society, Faculty of Social Studies, Masaryk University, Brno; Marie Jaroň Bedrošová, Editor at Cyberpsychology: Journal of Psychosocial Research on Cyberspace; and Markéta Supá, Charles University, Prague, Faculty of Social Sciences, MIRA+ Research Group.
About the project
ASAP is an Erasmus+ funded project (KA220-SCH-BC59D668) involving partners from five countries: Italy, Slovenia, the Czech Republic, Croatia, and Portugal. The project addresses digital transformation from the onset age by fostering a conscious use of digital and social media in kids (namely pre-adolescents). The project works on metacognitive skills aiming to develop the preadolescents’ understanding of how media shape and transform the relationship between the inner and the outside world. Ana Filipa Oliveira (Coordinator), Maria José Brites and Teresa Sofia Castro are the researchers collaborating on the project.
Visit the project website here.