{"product_id":"educating-media-literacy-9789004396159","title":"Educating Media Literacy","description":"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. \u003ci\u003eEducating Media Literacy\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eEducating Media Literacy\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Allison T. Butler","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48271303246075,"sku":"9789004396159","price":137.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0779\/3917\/9771\/files\/CoreSourceHub_43a30e20-e6c5-4112-a75d-52a243f6413a.jpg?v=1770982877","url":"https:\/\/indiepubs.com\/products\/educating-media-literacy-9789004396159","provider":"IndiePubs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}