Popular Culture in the Classroom: Teaching and Researching Critical Media Literacy

by Donna E. Alvermann

Overview

This book is written for teachers, researchers, and theorists who have grown up in a world radically different from that of the students they teach and study. It considers the possibilities involved in teaching critical media literacy using popular culture, and explore what such teaching might look like in your classroom.
Published by International Reading Association

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781135853099
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	02/06/2018
Series:	IRA's Literacy Studies Series
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	168
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Donna E. Alvermann, Jennifer S. Moon, Margaret Hagwood, Margaret C. Hagood

Table of Contents

Contents: Foreword. Teaching Critical Media Literacy Using Popular Culture Texts. Approaches to Teaching Using Popular Culture and the Politics of Pleasure. Engaging Primary Grade Students in Critical Media Literacy: Jennifer's Lesson. Engaging Upper Elementary Students in Critical Media Literacy: Margaret's Lesson. Engaging Middle School Students in Critical Media Literacy: Donna's Lesson. Identities, Positioning, and Critical Media Literacy. Where we Are and Where we Need to go in Theory and Research.