PART ONE: CULTURAL LEARNING
TV Talk and Children′s Identities - Liesbeth de Block
Points for Practice: Reading Images 1
Social Networking Practices in Homes and Schools - Jackie Marsh
Points for Practice: Every Picture Tells a Story 1
Extending Children′s Experience of Film - Cary Bazalgette
Resources: Finding Films to Watch
PART TWO: CRITICAL LEARNING
Rethinking Literacy - Geoff Dean
Points for Practice: Every Picture Tells a Story 2
Analyzing Advertisements in the Classroom - Shakuntala Banaji
Points for Practice: Reading Images 2
A Learning Journey - Christine Whitney
Points for Practice: Talking about a Film
PART THREE: CREATIVE LEARNING
Helping Children Tell the Stories in Their Heads - Becky Parry
Points for Practice: Film Adaptations, Book Adaptations
Social Media and Primary School Children - Guy Merchant
Case Study 1: Alternate Reality in the Classroom
Digital Glue: Creative Media in the Classroom - Tim Brook
Case Study 2: Peterborough′s Film Experience
Cary Bazalgette is a freelance researcher, writer and consultant specializing in media education development; she is Chair of the Media Education Association and a member of the European Commission′s Media Literacy Experts′ Group.
′Cary Bazalgette has produced a handy source book of theory,
practice, wisdom, and research, from a wide spectrum of approaches.
For me, the best chapter in the book is by Christine Whitney, one
of a group of local authority literacy advisors who might admit
they have come late to media education, but who have nevertheless
made very significant impacts on its practice and acceptance.
Whitney describes her own progress as media educator and
proseletyser - with a focus on film - with zeal and humour, and
plenty of richly textured examples of practice...If we can′t have a
grown-up, 21st century definition of literacy, that includes all
the dominant modes currently swirling around the ether, then we
will continue to fail hundreds of thousands of children. Media
education won′t save the world, as Bazalgette says elsewhere (2011
- the Entitlement Project at
http:/www.manifestoformediaeducation.co.uk) but it can help
radically reform an education system that just might′ -
English Drama Media ′All primary teachers, English managers,
advisors and consultants should read this book. Written in short,
accessible chapters, it presents clearly the vital role of media
studies in 21st century education. Rooted in best practice, a range
of practitioner researchers, advisors and experienced media
teachers present a compelling case for media education not just as
an ′add on′ to current literacy teaching, but as an integral part
of language and communication in its own right′ - English 4-11
Magazine ′Teaching Media in Primary Schools is not just readable
and accessible- it′s an enjoyable and informative text. This book
is timely, expertly written, practical and insightful. I would go
as far as to say that if this book is widely read in the sector,
then there will no longer be just small pockets of sound practice
in primary schools. Rather, this book will contribute to a more
cohesive approach to media teaching in primary schools. It is the
foremost practical guide in media education of its kind, and I
would very much recommend this as essential reading for all primary
school teachers and student teachers′ -
The Media Education Research Journal
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