ISBN:
9780415658348
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (274 p)
Parallel Title:
Print version Media Literacy Education in Action : Theoretical and Pedagogical Perspectives
DDC:
302.23071
Keywords:
Electronic books
Abstract:
Media Literacy Education in Action brings together the field's leading scholars and advocates to present a snapshot of the theoretical and conceptual development of media literacy education-what has influenced it, current trends, and ideas about its future. Featuring a mix of perspectives, it explores the divergent ways in which media literacy is connected to educational communities and academic areas in both local and global contexts. The volume is structured around seven themes: Media Literacy: Past and Present Digital Media and Learning Global Perspectives Public Spaces Civic Activism Pol
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; CONTENTS; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; PART I Media Literacy: Past and Present; 1 Media Literacy: An Incomplete Project; 2 Voices of Media Literacy; 3 Media Literacy Education in Ontario; PART II Digital Media and Learning; 4 A Case for Curation as a Media Literacy Imperative for Participatory Culture; 5 Lessons Learned from Amanda Baggs: Implications for New Media Literacies Education; 6 Visualization as a New Media Literacy; 7 The World Is a Village: Conceptualizing Uses of New Media in "Flat Classrooms"; PART III Global Perspectives
Description / Table of Contents:
8 Towards a European Network for Media Literacy: A Nordic Perspective on Challenges in a Global Society9 Media Literacy through Arts Education in Australia; 10 Sowing the Seeds of Digital and Media Literacy in Lebanon and the Arab World: The Importance of a Locally Grown and Sustainable Curriculum; 11 Hong Kong Media Education in the Web 2.0 Era: Engaging with the Net Generation; PART IV Public Spaces; 12 Towards the Integration of Media and Information Literacy: A Rationale for a Twenty-first-century Approach; 13 A Promising Future: U.S. Public Libraries as Informal Media Literacy Educators
Description / Table of Contents:
14 School Libraries, Media Literacy, and the Potential for Civic Engagement15 Why Media Arts Curriculum Standards Could Improve Media Arts and Critical Media Literacy in K-12 Settings; PART V Civic Activism; 16 What Are We Really Teaching? Outline for an Activist Media Literacy Education; 17 Should I Really Kill My Television? Negotiating Common Ground among Media Literacy Scholars, Educators,and Activists; 18 Shrinking the Divide: Solving Social Inequalities through Media Literacy Education; 19 Game-based Civic Learning in Public Participation Processes
Description / Table of Contents:
PART VI Policy and Digital Citizenship20 On the Difficulties of Promoting Media Literacy; 21 Media Literacy Education: A Requirement for Today's Digital Citizens; 22 Emerging from K-12 Future Shock: How to Blend Digital and Media Literacy into the Common Core Standards; 23 Grasping the Complexities of U.S. Educational Policy and the Classroom: How to Move Media Literacy Education Forward; PART VII Future Connections; 24 Media Literacy Preparation in Undergraduate Teacher Training: An American and Australian Perspective
Description / Table of Contents:
25 Rhetoric in a New Key: Media Literacy Education for the Twenty-first-century University26 International Media and Informational Literacy: A Conceptual Framework; List of Contributors; Index
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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