Critical media pedagogy : teaching for achievement in city schools / Ernest Morrell, Rudy Dueñas, Veronica Garcia, and Jorge López.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Morrell, Ernest, 1971-2026.

Series:

Language and literacy series (New York, N.Y.)

Language and literacy series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Education, Urban--United States.

Education, Urban.

Mass media--Study and teaching.

Mass media and education.

United States.

Critical pedagogy--United States.

Critical pedagogy.

Mass media and youth--United States.

Mass media and youth.

Mass media and education--United States.

Mass media--Study and teaching--United States.

Mass media.

Physical Description:

vii, 183 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Teachers College Press, [2013]

Summary:

This practical book examines how teaching media in high school English and social studies classrooms can address major challenges in our educational system. The authors argue that, in addition to providing underserved youth with access to 21st-century learning technologies, critical media education will help improve academic literacy achievement in city schools. Critical Media Pedagogy presents first-hand accounts of teachers who are successfully incorporating critical media education into standards-based lessons and units. The book begins with an analysis of how media have been conceptualized and studied; it identifies the various ways that youth are practicing media, as well as how these practices are constantly increasing in sophistication. Finally, it offers concrete examples of how to develop a rigorous, standards-based content area curriculum that embraces new media practices and features media production. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Introduction 1

City Youth and the New Media Age 2

Media Cultural Studies, Critical Pedagogy, and Urban Education 4

Theories of Literacy and Civic Engagement 5

Critical Media Pedagogy as a Response to Youth in Crisis 6

Essential Questions 10

Outline of Book Chapters 10

2 Youth and Critical Media Production in the 21st Century 15

Framing the Issue: Critical Media Pedagogy in Theory and Practice 16

Cultural Studies and Youth Media Participation in the Era of Web 2.0 18

Conclusion 27

3 The Neighborhoods, the Schools, the Projects, and the Study 28

Boyle Heights 30

El Sereno 38

The Council of Youth Research (1999-2011) 42

Studying Youth Media Production in Classrooms and Communities 44

Critical Ethnography 45

Participatory Action Research 46

Literacy, Conscientization, and Media Production 47

4 Critical Media Pedagogy in Ms. Garcia's Class 50

Becoming Critical 51

Unit: A Day in My Life and Critical Literacy Narrative 53

Unit: Oral History and Literary Response 60

Unit: Critical Poetry 63

Unit: Persuasion and Critical Media 68

Impact 75

Recommendations 77

5 Critical Media Pedagogy in Mr. López's Classes 80

Hip Hop and Violence: Lyrics, Theory, and Reflection as Therapy Unit 84

Critical Media Literacy in Popular Culture Unit 87

Participation is Power: Critical Media Production in the Eastside Unit 92

Critical Media Pedagogy in Social Studies Core Courses 98

Voices of Change in a World History Course 99

Globalization and Death: A World History Unit 102

6 Critical Media Pedagogy in Mr. Dueñas's Class 107

Establishing Mexican American Studies at Wilson High 107

The Identity Unit 110

Indigenous Cultures of Latin America 112

From Conquest to Colonization 116

Final Project: Students Creating Media in Latin American Studies 121

7 Critical Media Pedagogy in the Third Space 125

Introduction 125

Critical Drama and Community Action at Wilson 126

Art and Social Change at Roosevelt 135

Powerful Literacy Through Youth Documentary Filmmaking 143

Critical Media Pedagogy in the Council of Youth Research 145

Documentary Video Analysis 147

Digital Video Production and Critical Literacy in the Youth Council 148

Conclusion 152

8 Conclusion 153

A Final Word on Critical Teaching 155

Rethinking English Instruction 158

Rethinking Social Studies 159

Youth Media Production in Third Spaces 162

Media Production, Standards, and Policy in Humanities Education 163

Equipping Schools and Classrooms for Media Production 164

Teachers as Media Producers 165

Media Literacy Across Content Areas 166

The Importance of Human (and Humane) Relationships 167

The Need for Advocacy (and Advocates) 168

Media Literacy as Civic Engagement 169.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780807754382

0807754382

9780807754399

0807754390

OCLC:

828057222