Reading the Word and the World:Empowering Mozambican Health Teachers through VideoProduction.
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2021
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Corporación Universitaria Minuto de Dios - UNIMINUTO
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Abstract
The aim of this chapter is to present an experience related to a professional teacher development
program conducted in the Republic of Mozambique with in-service teachers from the Ministry of
Health. An educational program for professional development was designed to support the improvement of teachers’ skills in the use of different media in classrooms. The program was established in
15 health training institutes across the country. Data was collected from the analysis of pre- and postquestionnaires, interviews, and the materials produced (videos) during the educational program. The
results showed that an important achievement of this educational program was the production of
digital video as teaching material for health education. Moreover, the introduction of media literacy
helped them to develop a critical vision in which teachers recognized the importance of representing
the context in instructional materials, as well as promoting basic health care for the Mozambican
population who are not literate in Portuguese, so that the videos produced can disseminate basic
health information to improve the lives of these people who speak other languages.
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Capítulo 10 - MIL Cities and MIL Citizens: Informed, Engaged, Empowered by Media and Information Literacy (MIL).
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Health education, Teacher training, Video production