Abstract
Media literacy has been given as an elective course in secondary schools in Turkey since the 2007-2008 school year. Media literacy instruction is still in structuring process, and the guidelines regarding its implementation have not been clarified yet. To give this instruction in the scope of compulsory education is one of the issues that are being discussed. In the literature, it is stated that media literacy is given with language courses the most. The aim of this research is to determine the degree to which basic skills of media literacy instruction can be associated with the acquisitions of Turkish course curriculum. The data, which was obtained via document review, was examined with content analysis. At the end of the research, it was observed that 6 of the 13 general aims in the program were oriented towards media literacy instruction. In the research, it was also observed that 62.6% of the total acquisitions possessed the quality to be associated with the basic skills of media literacy. Thus, it can be stated that media literacy instruction can be integrated into Turkish course curriculum. Teachers need to be given high quality education on this issue in order for the curriculum to be evaluated in terms of media literacy. The new change in the education system (4+4+4) is an opportunity for the curriculum to be updated from the aspect of media literacy.
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