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| veröffentlicht: | Brill 2019 |
| Medientyp: | Buch, E-Book |
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| Umfang: | 130; 152 x 231 x 10 |
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| ISBN: |
9789004416758
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| Kollektion: | PDA Print VUB |
Critical media literacy is a necessary part of young people’s education and can foster the space for a more thoroughly informed and involved citizenry. In order to make critical media literacy sustainable in K-12 classrooms, learning and application of it must begin with teachers, preferably during their formal schooling. Educating Media Literacy is a manifesto for the inclusion of media literacy in teacher education and, by extension, in K-12 classrooms. Through a discussion of critical media literacy’s aims and the role of teacher education in the United States, this book argues for the inclusion of critical media literacy in teacher education. -- -- -- Educating Media Literacy addresses two separate topics – teacher education and media literacy – and illustrates how they are intertwined: The United States struggles simultaneously with how best to train and retain prospective teachers and how to foster a better understanding of mainstream media. These two struggles can join forces and move towards a solution through the following: The inclusion of critical media literacy in teacher education programs. |
| Acknowledgements 1 Education Is the Answer (What Is the Question?) 1 Introduction 2 Main Argument 3 Media Literacy: Foundations 4 Focus of the Book 5 Conclusion 2 Critical Media Literacy 1 Introduction 2 How Media Literate Are Young People? 3 Defensiveness to Democratization/Protection to Celebration 4 Critical Media Literacy 5 Technology in the Classroom 6 Conclusion: What’s Missing? 3 The Education of Training Teachers 1 Introduction 2 History of Teacher Education 3 Teacher Education Debate 4 Arguing with Alternative Teacher Education 5 Arguing with Traditional Teacher Education 6 Commonalities between Approaches 7 Conclusion 4 Politicizing the Classroom 1 Introduction 2 Education as Solution 3 Location of Reform 4 Role of the Teacher 5 Role of the Student 6 Classroom Today 7 Conclusion 5 Practices of Media Literacy in the Classroom 1 Introduction 2 The Need for Teacher Education 3 Classroom Dynamics 4 Subject Relevance 5 Connecting Teachers 6 Justif.ication for Practice 7 Conclusion 6 Conclusion: (Media) Education Is the Answer 1 Introduction 2 Many Calls to Action 3 Teacher Education in Critical Media Literacy 4 Does Media Literacy Work? 5 What Is 'Good' Media Literacy? 6 How to Do It? 7 The Manifesto’s Journey 8 Conclusion References Index |