Educating media literacy : the need for critical media literacy in teacher education /

Educating media literacy : the need for critical media literacy in teacher education /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Butler, Allison, author.
Imprint:	Leiden ; Boston : Brill Sense, [2020]
Description:	x, 120 pages ; 25 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Critical media literacies series, 2666-4097 ; volume 3 Critical media literacies series ; v. 3.
Subject:	Media literacy -- Study and teaching (Elementary) -- United States. Media literacy -- Study and teaching (Secondary) -- United States. Teachers -- Training of -- United States. Critical pedagogy -- United States. Critical pedagogy. Media literacy -- Study and teaching (Elementary) Teachers -- Training of. United States.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11982143

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ISBN:	9789004396159 9004396152 9789004416758 9004416757 9789004416765
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
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"--
Other form:	Online version: Butler, Allison. Educating media literacy. Leiden ; Boston : Brill Sense, [2020] 9789004416765

Table of 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.