Critical Media Is Elementary: Teaching Youth to Critically Read and Create Media
This book provides a practical and theoretical look at how media education can make learning and teaching more meaningful and transformative. It explores the theoretical underpinnings of critical media literacy and analyzes a case study involving an elementary school that received a federal grant to integrate media literacy and the arts into the curriculum. The ideas and experiences of working teachers are analyzed through a critical media literacy framework that provides realistic challenges...
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1 Introduction 1\ 2 Teaching the Media: Competing Approaches, Media Activism, and Core Concepts of Critical Media Literacy 7\ 3 Critical Media Literacy Is Not an Option: Overview of Media Education in the U.S. and Abroad 37\ 4 Voices from the Trenches: Elementary School Teachers Speak about Implementing Media Literacy 49\ 5 The Earlier the Better: Expanding and Deepening Literacy with Young Children 99\ 6 Thinking Critically in a Converging World: Forces of Change in the Information Age 125\ Appendix A MediaLit Kit Framework 141\ Appendix B Critical Media Literacy Chart 143\ Appendix C SMARTArt Teacher Pseudonyms and Descriptions 147\ Appendix D Interview Guide 151\ Notes 153\ Bibliography 157\ About the Author 167
