CHILDHOOD AND LITERACY (A CRITICAL STUDYOF MEDIA EDUCATION AS CONTEMPORARY CULTURE)

Abstract

Childhood is the phase of where the human beginning to learn
about its surrounding obviously. This phase needs more attention
from us as parent however, to make sure that our children keep in
the right path of their development. Therefore, the development of
ICT brings many consequences in every aspect of our life; and this
condition has infl uenced too toward children development anyway.
Based on this phenomenon, the writer would like to introduce some
problems relate with childhood and literacy. The literacy of using
the media education, therefore, teacher and parents should be con-
cerned about it to the children. Teacher and parents however, they
have to give better guidance to children relate with may informa-
tion and ICT which are used in the classroom or at home. Children
should be given better understanding by teacher and parents every-
time they need information. Some experts say that media can give
positive and negative effect obviously. Thus, the writer hopes that
may give any review by this article.