Why+Teach+a+Media+Related+issue?


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 * || Media Literacy – What is it, and why do our students need to be educated in it?

The advent of new media has made us, as educators reassess what and how we are teaching our students. They are exposed to many different forms of media, espousing many different messages. Our students need to be able to not only decode these messages, but to analyse and criticize them. An article, “Literacy for the Information Age” by Dr Renee Hobbs, an associate professor of communication, details some of the benefits we can give our students, by teaching media literacy.

For a detailed summary of her article, click on the following link : ||  Hobbs, R. (1998) // “Literacy for the Information Age” published in James Flood, Diane Lapp and Shirley Brice Heath (Eds), Handbook of Research on Teaching Literacy Through the Communicative and Visual Arts. // // International Reading Association //// ( //// pp. 7-14). // New York: Macmilla Jonassen, D., Howland, J., Marra, R., & Crismond, D. (2008). What is meaningful learning? In //Meaningful learning with technology// (pp.1-12). Upper Saddle River, NJ:Merrill-Prentice Hall. ||
 * [[image:teenage-media.jpg width="80" height="62"]] || Note: For further reading, We recommend a highly informative and readable article
 * [[image:teenage-media.jpg width="80" height="62"]] || Note: For further reading, We recommend a highly informative and readable article