THE CITIZEN OF TOMORROW EXPLORING THE NEWS MEDIA

The Clemi (centre for liaison between teaching and information media) is part of the French Ministry of Education. It was created in 1983 with the mission of “promoting especially by means of training activities, the multiple use of news media in teaching with the aim of encouraging a better understanding of the world by pupils while simultaneously developing critical understanding.” (Decree of April 1993). To achieve this mission, the Clemi offers training sessions, educational programmes and events, opportunities of exchange and networking, and pedagogical publications.

Its action consists in:

- Training teachers to a better knowledge of the news media system, to the process of analysing and understanding their messages and to their pedagogical use in the classroom. Every year, the Clemi trains between 15.000 and 18.000 teachers in initial or permanent training.

- Putting in relation teachers and pupils with news media professionals to build up common projects and set up actions, punctually or during The Press an Media Week at School in which 
4 millions pupils, 330.000 teachers and more than 1.000 media participate this year.

- Accompanying the expression of pupils in the school context (newspapers, radio, video, the Internet) to make them aware of the information networks and favour their freedom and responsibility. The Clemi owns and exploits the most important collection of primary and secondary school newspapers in Europe (more than 45.000 primary and secondary school newspapers).

- Producing and distributing pedagogical tools in the form of books, booklets and multimedia support. These publications aim to encourage and develop, in the classrooms, works and reflections about the news. It is a way of teaching a wider audience than the one concerned by the training sessions. Therefore, every year, four or five productions are proposed to teachers.

Its resources are: 

- Teams in the 30 regions that work everyday with the professional of the media, researchers, parents and educational organisations in the informal setting. They offer training sessions, play the role of council for the setting up of pedagogical projects and the relation between media professionals and teachers.

- A documentation centre, specialised in the field of media-education, that elaborates press files and carries out analysis on topics related to the news.

- An international network of correspondents on the topic of media education, including the European Union, foreign governmental organisations and non-governmental organisations. The Clemi is coordinating the European programmes “Educaunet” and “Media-educ”.

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Address: Ministère de l’éducation nationale - Centre de liaison de l’enseignement et des médias d’information 
391 bis rue de Vaugirard – 75015 Paris, France 
tel : (33) 1 53 68 71 00 - fax : (33) 1 42 50 16 82, www.clemi.org 
The Clemi is a special branch of the CNDP.
 
Clemi, March 2004