Educating media literacy : the need for critical media literacy in teacher education / by Allison T. Butler.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Butler, Allison, author.

Series:

Critical media literacies series ; v. 3.

Critical media literacies series, 2666-4097 ; volume 3

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Media literacy--Study and teaching (Elementary)--United States.

Media literacy.

Media literacy--Study and teaching (Secondary)--United States.

Teachers--Training of--United States.

Teachers.

Critical pedagogy--United States.

Critical pedagogy.

Media literacy--Study and teaching (Elementary).

Teachers--Training of.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 120 pages).

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill Sense, [2020]

Summary:

"Critical media literacy is a necessary part of young people's education and can foster the space for a more thoroughly informed and involved citizenry. In order to make critical media literacy sustainable in K-12 classrooms, learning and application of it must begin with teachers, preferably during their formal schooling. Educating Media Literacy is a manifesto for the inclusion of media literacy in teacher education and, by extension, in K-12 classrooms. Through a discussion of critical media literacy's aims and the role of teacher education in the United States, this book argues for the inclusion of critical media literacy in teacher education. Educating Media Literacy addresses two separate topics - teacher education and media literacy - and illustrates how they are intertwined: The United States struggles simultaneously with how best to train and retain prospective teachers and how to foster a better understanding of mainstream media. These two struggles can join forces and move towards a solution through the following: The inclusion of critical media literacy in teacher education programs"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Education is the answer (What is the question?)

Critical media literacy

The education of training teachers

Politicizing the classroom

Practices of media literacy in the classroom

Conclusion: (Media) Education is the answer.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on November 11, 2019).

Other Format:

Print version: Butler, Allison. Educating media literacy

ISBN:

9004416765

9789004416765