This book provides a practical and theoretical look at how media education can make learning and teaching more meaningful and transformative. This second edition includes more resources, photographs, and updated information as well as two new chapters: one on using photography in the classroom and the other documenting a successful university course on critical media literacy for new teachers.

Autorentext

Jeff Share earned his PhD in the Graduate School of Education and Information Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) where he currently works as a Faculty Advisor in the Teacher Education Program. His research focuses on theoretical frameworks and practical applications for teaching critical media literacy.

Inhalt

Contents: Teaching the Media: Competing Approaches, Media Activism, and Core Concepts of Critical Media Literacy Critical Media Literacy Is Not an Option: Overview of Media Education in the U.S. and Abroad Voices from the Trenches: Elementary School Teachers Speak about Implementing Media Literacy The Earlier the Better: Expanding and Deepening Literacy with Young Children Photography as Pedagogy with Praxis Teacher Education: A Launching Pad for Critical Media Literacy Thinking Critically in a Converging World: Forces of Change in the Information Age.