Special Issues, Volume 2: Critical Media Literacy: Bringing Critical Media Literacy Into Ela Classrooms

Special Issues, Volume 2: Critical Media Literacy: Bringing Critical Media Literacy Into Ela Classrooms
Author: William Kist
Publisher: Special Issues
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2022-11-28
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9780814144961

During a time of increased book banning and censoring, of scrutiny of the word critical, and even calls for surveillance of K-12 teachers, the burgeoning field of critical media literacy is more important than ever. These new challenges demonstrate the importance of teaching media literacy to address some of the most pressing needs of our youth. This second volume devoted to critical media literacy picks up where the first volume left off, as it continues the work of defining this important area of focus and looks for practical and innovative ways to bring these important topics into ELA classrooms. Editors William Kist and Mary T. Christel have curated and edited a wide range of original essays by leading educators in the field, focusing on pedagogical directions of critical media literacy, integrating it into reading, writing, and interdisciplinary instruction, and new ways of teaching about and with media.

Teaching Students to Decode the World

Teaching Students to Decode the World
Author: Chris Sperry
Publisher: ASCD
Total Pages: 272
Release: 2022-03-23
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1416630953

In our media-saturated environment, how can we teach students to distinguish true statements from those that are false, misleading, or manipulative? How can we help them develop the skills needed to identify biases and stereotypes, determine credibility of sources, and analyze their own thinking and its effect on their perceptions? In Teaching Students to Decode the World, authors Chris Sperry and Cyndy Scheibe tackle these questions as they introduce readers to constructivist media decoding (CMD), a specific way to lead students through a question-based analysis of media materials—including print and digital documents, videos and films, social media posts, advertisements, and other formats—with an emphasis on critical thinking and collaboration. Drawing from their decades of experience as teachers, consultants, and media literacy advocates, the authors explain how to * Develop and facilitate CMD activities in the classroom and in virtual teaching environments; * Implement CMD across the curriculum, at all grade levels; * Connect CMD with educational approaches such as project-based learning, social-emotional learning, and antiracist education; * Incorporate CMD into assessments; and * Promote CMD as a districtwide initiative. This comprehensive guide explains the theoretical foundations for CMD and offers dozens of real-life examples of its implementation and its powerful impact on students and teachers. Equipped with CMD skills, students will be better able to navigate a complex media landscape, participate in a democratic society, and become productive citizens of the world.

Empowering Youth to Confront the Climate Crisis in English Language Arts

Empowering Youth to Confront the Climate Crisis in English Language Arts
Author: Allen Webb
Publisher: Teachers College Press
Total Pages: 177
Release: 2024-12-24
Genre: Education
ISBN: 080776986X

Discover how English teachers and their students confront the climate crisis using critical inquiry, focusing on justice, and taking action. Working in today's politically polarized environment, these teachers know first-hand about teaching and learning in communities that support and resist climate education. This much-needed book describes outstanding English instruction that includes creative and analytical writing; critical place-based learning; contemporary "cli-fi"; young adult, Indigenous, and youth-authored literature; Afrofuturism; critical media analysis; digital media production; and many other ways in which students can explore the crisis and have their voices heard and respected. While the focus is on high school and middle school English Language Arts, there are also relevant and inspiring elementary and college examples. This resource provides everything teachers need to help young people understand and address the climate emergency through supportive and empowering transformational learning. Book Features: Emphasizes addressing the climate crisis as an important dimension of English language arts. Illustrates relevant and effective ways to use writing, critical inquiry, literature, media, speaking, the arts, and publishing. Provides examples of students connecting local climate impacts with national and global events; critically analyzing climate denial, delay, and inaction; considering questions of justice; imagining different futures; and developing their voices and activism. Shares teaching methods, classroom stories, and student work from cities, suburbs, and rural classrooms. Examines questions of climate justice: Who causes the crisis? Who suffers? Why do governments fail to act? What is the experience of climate refugees? What type of world will young people inherit? Explains how students can take action, join with others, and become involved in solutions. Additional resources are available for each chapter at http: //climatecrisisela.pbworks.com

The Oxford Handbook of Media and Social Justice

The Oxford Handbook of Media and Social Justice
Author: Srividya Ramasubramanian
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 337
Release: 2024
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 0197744346

This Handbook gathers over forty leading scholars and presents a state-of-the-art systematic overview of media and social justice. The chapters explore intersecting identities, social structures, and power networks within media ownership, representation, selection, uses, effects, networks, and social transformation. Connecting critical media scholarship with intersectional feminism, postcolonial/anticolonial theory, Indigenous approaches, queer theory, diaspora studies, and environmental justice frameworks, the Handbook re-envisions the role of media and technology with an inclusive trauma-informed approach to scholarship that is essential for the future of this research.

Special Issues, Volume 1: Critical Media Literacy

Special Issues, Volume 1: Critical Media Literacy
Author: Tom Liam Lynch
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2021-12-30
Genre: Critical pedagogy
ISBN: 9780814144893

Critical media literacy is not a single star burning brightly in the night sky. It is more like a constellation, a collection of stars that tell a story about how educators engage with young people through an array of communicative modes in the spirit of inquiry, society, and action. Edited by Tom Liam Lynch, this collection of essays drawn from NCTE's many journals provides an excellent starting point for teachers who want to bring critical media literacy into their K-12 and college classrooms.

Critical Digital Literacies: Boundary-Crossing Practices

Critical Digital Literacies: Boundary-Crossing Practices
Author:
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 243
Release: 2021-07-05
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9004467041

In this volume, contributors advance the theories and praxis of Critical Digital Literacies. Aimed at literacy, teacher education, and English Education practitioners, this volume explores critical practices with digital tools, with a pronounced focus on social justice.

Critical Media Literacy and Fake News in Post-truth America

Critical Media Literacy and Fake News in Post-truth America
Author: Christian Z. Goering
Publisher: Brill
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2018
Genre: Fake news
ISBN: 9789004365353

Winner! 2019 Divergent Award for Excellence in 21st Century Literacies Research! Critical Media Literacy and Fake News in Post-Truth America confronts the reasons that so many Americans were susceptible to widespread media misinformation campaigns leading up to and during the 2016 Presidential Election.

Digital and Media Literacy

Digital and Media Literacy
Author: Renee Hobbs
Publisher: Corwin Press
Total Pages: 233
Release: 2011-07-12
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1412981581

Leading authority on media literacy education shows secondary teachers how to incorporate media literacy into the curriculum, teach 21st-century skills, and select meaningful texts.

The Critical Pedagogy Reader

The Critical Pedagogy Reader
Author: Antonia Darder
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 884
Release: 2023-11-01
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1000955192

Since its publication, The Critical Pedagogy Reader has firmly established itself as the leading collection of classic and contemporary essays by the major thinkers in the field of critical pedagogy. While retaining its comprehensive introduction, this thoroughly revised fourth edition includes updated section introductions, expanded bibliographies, and up-to-date classroom questions. The book is arranged topically around such issues as class, racism, gender/sexuality, language and literacy, and classroom issues for ease of usage and navigation. New reading selections cover topics such as youth activism, agency and affect, and practical implementations of critical pedagogy. Carefully attentive to both theory and practice, this new edition remains the definitive source for teaching and learning about critical pedagogy.

The Global School

The Global School
Author: William Kist
Publisher: Solution Tree Press
Total Pages: 163
Release: 2014-03-21
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1935543709

Prepare students for an increasingly flat world—a place where diverse people from divergent cultures learn and work together rather than in isolation. Learn specific steps to globalize your classroom, and move beyond the call for students to memorize material to instead encourage higher-order thinking. These ideas, assignments, projects, and assessments are all wrapped in a 21st century skills framework.