Project Overview
Teaching Critical Media Literacy
Department(s)
Educational Studies
Abstract
Critical media literacy emphasizes the analysis of different forms of mass communication, media production, popular culture, and technologies. Critical media literacy calls for an examination of information sources and authorship, media forms, and messages. Students will work in a small group to develop curriculum and lesson plans that target a wide range of ages and abilities and team-teach critical media literacy workshops with local youth. We will spend 4 weeks in collaborative curriculum development, 2 weeks carrying out workshops, and 2 weeks reflecting on the prior week’s workshop and revising lesson plans and teaching materials accordingly. For all 8 weeks, students will need to be on campus in Hamilton, NY.
Student Qualifications
Students will need to be self-reliant and able to work independently, but also good at working collaboratively with a team and willing to team-teach with others.
Students will need to be mature and dependable role-models when working with kids as well as reflective or willing to be reflective about their teaching.
Students also need to be critical thinkers and interested in media literacy.
Students with a background in Educational Studies, tutoring or teaching kids, or enrolled in EDUC 327: Pedagogy of Critical Media Literacy are strongly encouraged to apply.
Number of Student Researchers
4 students
Project Length
8 weeks
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