“Computer and multimedia technologies demand novel skills and competencies and if education is to be relevant to the problems and challenges of contemporary life, engaged teachers must expand the content of literacy and develop new curricula and pedagogies. “ The last thought in this quote really stood out to me. The impact the media has on our everyday lives needs to be evaluated in a non-biased manner. Unfortunately the United States is at the bottom of the pack when it comes to teaching media literacy in schools. I believe there needs to be a reform in our education system where teachers can be trained to implement this new curriculum to keep up with the pace of media education. Hopefully in the future, teaching media culture will become more of an unconscious approach.
I found a short article titled, “The Changing Media landscape,” that analyzed a media literacy survey taken by each state. 59% of states currently have media literacy standards, 21% have media literacy standards embedded in other standards, 13 states plan to create media literacy standards in the future, and 6 states have no plan to create media literacy standards. At least more than half of the states already emphasize the importance of media literacy, but I would like to decrease the number of states that have no plan of creating these standards.
Kellner, D, & Share, J. (2005, September). Toward critical media literacy: core concepts, debates, organizations, and policy. Retrieved from http://gseis.ucla.edu/faculty/kellner/essays/2005_Kellner-Share_TowardsCriticalMediaLiteracy.pdf
The changing media landscape: promoting a systematic approach to ict and media fluency. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://i.ciconline.org/CiCWebResources/Articles/Survey_ChangingLandscape_Results_FINAL.pdf
Good resource! I think there is a lot of room in the science classroom for media literacy. Science has become very politicized and media promotes major misconceptions about basic science concepts! You will have a change to integrate media literacy into science latter this semester!
ReplyDeleteMedia literacy standards are growing increasingly more important. All states should have plans already in motion to incorporate these standards into their general curriculum.
ReplyDeleteI think it's a good idea to have teachers trained in critical media literacy, so that they can help their students acquire the skills to be a critical consumer.
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