A Study on the Nature of Journalism and Communication Education Curriculum at Mekelle University
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2010-10
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Addis Ababa University
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The aim of this thesis was concerned with understanding of the composition of
courses in journalism education program at Mekelle University in terms of
theoretical and practical courses orientation; illustrating how contextual elements
are included in it; and analyzing whether the courses in the program have the
potential of achieving the prescribed goal. In order to investigate these concerns,
research methods of content and document analysis, in-depth individual and
focus group interviews have been employed. The overall approach was
qualitative formative curriculum study.
The findings of the study exhibit that the program is skewed towards
professional/practical orientation of journalism education. It has some courses
that reflect contextual journalism knowledge and contextual knowledge other
than the aspects of journalism. However, it was evident that the program has
been observed deficit of university courses in order to produce those professional
journalists who are at the same time intellectually rigorous and critical of mind
compared to the UNESCO Model Curricula.
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Nature of Journalism and Communication