Investigating Preservice Teachers’ Understandings of Critical Media Literacy

This paper examines preservice teachers’ understandings of critical media literacy as they designed critical media literacy lessons in an initial teacher education language and literacy course for K-6 teachers. The teachers reflected on their initial understandings about social justice, designed sev...

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Published in:Language & literacy (Kingston, Ont.) Ont.), 2011-09, Vol.13 (2), p.37-53
Main Authors: Robertson, Lorayne, Hughes, Janette M.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Beginning Teachers
Critical Literacy
critical media literacy
digitial literacies
Elementary education
elementary school
Elementary school students
Language Arts
Lesson Plans
lessons
Literacy
Literacy Education
Media Literacy
Multiple Literacies
Preservice Teacher Education
Preservice teachers
Social justice
Student teachers
Teacher education
Teaching Methods
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Summary:This paper examines preservice teachers’ understandings of critical media literacy as they designed critical media literacy lessons in an initial teacher education language and literacy course for K-6 teachers. The teachers reflected on their initial understandings about social justice, designed several pre-tasks, designed and taught critical media literacy lessons, and then reflected on teaching critical media literacy to elementary school students.  The results of this two-year study indicate that while the preservice teachers seemed willing to address social justice issues and they used digital literacies in interesting and engaging ways, some of them faced challenges articulating and focusing their own understandings in media literacy lessons.
ISSN:1496-0974
1496-0974
DOI:10.20360/G22S35