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Reading the Media: Media Literacy in High School English
Renee Hobbs
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This pioneering book, by one of the founders of the media literacy field, provides the first empirical evidence of the impact of media literacy on the academic achievement of adolescents. It chronicles the practice of high school teachers who prepared their students to critically analyze all aspects of contemporary media culture. To do so, they developed an innovative curriculum that incorporates popular media, television, journalism, film, and new media into the required English curriculum. This book examines the processes they used to design and implement the new curriculum as well as the specific, measurable impact that the program had on ... Read more
This pioneering book, by one of the founders of the media literacy field, provides the first empirical evidence of the impact of media literacy on the academic achievement of adolescents. It chronicles the practice of high school teachers who prepared their students to critically analyze all aspects of contemporary media culture. To do so, they developed an innovative curriculum that incorporates popular media, television, journalism, film, and new media into the required English curriculum. This book examines the processes they used to design and implement the new curriculum as well as the specific, measurable impact that the program had on ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Teachers´ College Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780807747384
SKU
V9780807747384
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About Renee Hobbs
Renee Hobbs, a national expert in media education, is Associate Professor of Communication at Temple University in Philadelphia.
Reviews for Reading the Media: Media Literacy in High School English
Schools teach our kids to read, to write and even to drive. Today, however, no responsible citizen can get by without also knowing how to intelligently consume the media. In this book, Renee Hobbs, a pioneer in the field of media literacy, provides a model for the design and assessment of media education curricula in the 21st century. - Robert ... Read more