Reading the Media: Media Literacy in High School English (Language and Literacy Series

by Renee Hobbs

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 students.

190 pages, Paperback

Published November 1, 2006

Reviews

[Fraser · Rating 4 out of 5]

Any teacher looking for a prescriptive guide to media literacy education is bound to be a little disappointed. The book reads more as an extensive case study of one school in America. That said, it is enlightening and does make an excellent case for media literacy being essential in today’s society.

[Mark · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is a nice case study of an English department that adopted a media literacy approach to its 11th grade curriculum. Shows readers/teachers how these strategies can be integrated into their own teaching, and that the process is not always easy.

[Petra schatz · Rating 4 out of 5]

I read this for work but it certainly had some great ideas about ways we might reorganize high school English to engage students and help them become more media savy.

[Karen · Rating 5 out of 5]

Really great examples of the power of fully integrating media in English.

[Olena Churanova · Rating 4 out of 5]

Цікаві ідеї для впровадження уроків з медіаграмотності у школах.