Abstract This article explores a teacher education course held in a private school in São Paulo, Brazil, as part of my doctoral research, in the field of reading literacy. The course focused on the importance of reading with a view to analyzing, identifying, comparing, contrasting and evaluating the information that we are all exposed to daily. The goal of this paper is to … [Read more...] about The challenges of implementing Media Literacy in a school in São Paulo
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Teacher Education: Critical Media Literacy for STEM Teacher Candidates
Abstract This article offers a review of a graduate level course called Critical Media Literacy (CML) designed for pre-service STEM cohort teacher candidates. It provides an overview of the course topics and projects that prepare pre-service STEM teacher candidates to integrate critical media literacy into their STEM teaching practices. Critical media literacy extends … [Read more...] about Teacher Education: Critical Media Literacy for STEM Teacher Candidates
Deconstructing Free Enterprise and Reconstructing for Sustainability: Cultural-Ecological Propaganda Analysis for Educators
Abstract: In the spring of 2017, a conservative think tank mailed 300,000 copies of a book to US teachers and college faculty to encourage widespread uncertainty about climate change and promote neoliberal, free enterprise discourse in US schools. Teachers have been targets of free enterprise propaganda campaigns throughout the last century. This most recent event stresses the … [Read more...] about Deconstructing Free Enterprise and Reconstructing for Sustainability: Cultural-Ecological Propaganda Analysis for Educators
