Atsushi Takahashi

In this research, the author conducted media literacy education applying coaching approach to support students’ self-directed learning, which is one of the objectives of media literacy education. Coaching in educational settings aims to increase self-awareness and a sense of personal responsibility through the self-directed learning, whereas media literacy education aims to enhance students’ autonomy in their daily life situation, which is to increase self-awareness and to consolidate self-directed learning. In this paper, the author aims to figure out what kind of skills the students can acquire, by analyzing reflection papers which students made, using SCAT, which is characterized by its explicit process of analysis and the integration of theoretical coding and qualitative data analysis. 20 students of senior high school took media literacy class during the first term and 5 students took coaching sessions. As a result of the study, the author found that the students nurtured the skills of setting goals particularly and specifically, the ability to solve problems, and self-awareness.

In this paper, the author aims to figure out in what kind of learning activity the students can acquire Media Literacy. 7 students made newspapers of voting rights for 18-year- old, working separately making 4 roles, which are the chief editor, the reporters, the searchers and the editorial. As a result of qualitatively analyzing students’ reflection sheets using SCAT, which is characterized by its explicit process of analysis and the integration of theoretical coding and qualitative data analysis, the author found that the students nurtured the skills of understanding media feature, critical thinking, and expression ideas by the media through analyzing newspapers, and the skills of critical thinking and communication by the media through making newspapers.