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The Teacher’s Guide to Media Literacy

Critical Thinking in a Multimedia World

The authors provide concrete, innovative ways to integrate media literacy across the curriculum. A companion website provides tools for analyzing all kinds of media.

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  • Grade Level: K-12
  • ISBN: 9781412997584
  • Published By: Corwin
  • Year: 2011
  • Page Count: 264
  • Publication date: November 27, 2012

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Use media literacy to reach all students!

The Teacher's Guide to Media Literacy starts by asking, "What does it mean to be literate in today's world, and how can those literacy skills be developed?" The authors answer those questions by providing concrete, innovative ways to integrate media literacy across the curriculum and teach students to be independent, skilled, and reflective thinkers. Through dozens of suggested activities, teaching strategies, and lessons, this book's unique vision allows schools to

  • Integrate media literacy into teaching at all grade levels and core content areas
  • Address key education standards
  • Teach 21st-century skills and higher-order critical thinking
  • Engage students by bridging schoolwork with their lives outside the classroom

In addition to dozens of activity ideas, the text and companion website include self-reflection exercises, voices from the field, a glossary of terms, and seven annotated, original, classroom-tested lesson plans that illustrate different approaches to media literacy in the classroom. In a time of hectic schedules and ever increasing expectations, the authors help teachers reframe their instruction to focus on the skills students need to succeed in the digital age.



 


Key features

  • Based on a 3-pronged approach to media literacy – inquiry-based, literacy-based, and curriculum driven.
  • Presents the theoretical basis behind media literacy education, including what is meant by "media" and "media literacy," the basic principles of media literacy education and its relationship to other educational approaches, and an analysis of the benefits and challenges in using media literacy in the classroom.
  • In addition to dozens of activity ideas, includes seven annotated, original, classroom-tested lesson plans that illustrate different approaches to media literacy in the classroom.
  • Suggestions for adapting lessons to match developmentally appropriate expections and assessing medial literacy skills and knowledge  
Author(s)

Author(s)

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Cyndy Scheibe

Cyndy Scheibe is the Executive Director and Founder of Project Look Sharp, one of the leading media literacy organizations serving K-12 and college educators in the U.S. and a pioneer of curriculum-driven media literacy education. She is also an associate professor in developmental psychology at Ithaca College where she has taught courses in developmental psychology, media research, and media literacy for more than 25 years, and serves as the Director of the Center for Research on the Effects of Television Lab and Archive. A dynamic speaker and workshop leader, she was a founding board member of the National Association for Media Literacy Education, and is author of several articles on media literacy education and practice. She is a contributing editor to many of the media literacy curriculum kits developed by Project Look Sharp, and co-author of the Critical Thinking and Health kit series based on media literacy for elementary grades. She received her Ph.D. in Human Development (1987) from Cornell University.

Faith Rogow

Faith Rogow was the founding president of the National Association for Media Literacy Education (NAMLE), a founding advisor of Project Look Sharp, and a founding editorial board member of the Journal for Media Literacy Education. She has been a leading media literacy educator, theorist, and strategist for more than two decades, with special interest in early childhood, pedagogy, and diversity issues. Her work is notable for merging academic expertise with grassroots sensibilities. In 1996 she created Insighters Educational Consulting to “help people learn from media and one another.” An award-winning speaker, master trainer, and training designer, she has taught thousands of educators, child care professionals, media professionals, and parents to understand and harness the power of media. She has created educational outreach materials for projects ranging from Sesame Street and Sid the Science Kid to hundreds of independent films, including those featured on PBS’ P.O.V. She is the author of many articles about media literacy, as well as Gone to Another Meeting: A History of the National Council of Jewish Women (University of Alabama Press, 1993). She received her Ph.D. in History (1987) from Binghamton University.
Table of Contents

Table of Contents

List of Figures and Tables, Voices from the Field, and Reflection Boxes


Preface


Acknowledgments


About the Authors


Introduction


1. What Do We Mean by "Media"?

2.. What Is "Media Literacy"?

3. What Is Media Literacy Education?

4. When Are Questions the Answer? Teaching Students How to Analyze Media Messages

5. General Approaches to Teaching Media Literacy Across the Whole Curriculum

6. Integrating Media Literacy Into Specific Content Areas

7. Media Literacy Lesson Plans

8. Does It Work?

9."Sounds Great, But I Don't Have Time!" Getting Past the Barriers and Why It's Worth It

Afterword: Where Do We Go From Here?


Appendices


References


Endnotes


Index


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