Media literacy for young children: teaching beyond the screen time debates
Washington, DC:
National Association for the Education of Young Children
(2022), xi, 159 pp., directory p.147-152, index
"This book is a first-of-its-kind guide for pre-service and currently practicing teachers and child care professionals looking for pedagogically sound and developmentally appropriate ways to help today’s children navigate their media-rich world with confidence, curiosity, and critical thinking. Detailed descriptions of media literacy competencies, along with dozens of activities, strategies, and tips designed for children ages 2–7, demonstrate how to integrate foundational skills, knowledge, and dispositions into existing routines as well as experiment with new lessons. By examining media through a literacy lens, this book will show you ways to use inquiry and media-making to teach children about media; plan activities to engage children in meaningful media discussions; engage with families about the importance of media literacy education for young children; address media concerns with joy and creativity rather than anxiety or fear." (Back cover)
Contents
I. GETTING READY
1 Media, society, and us, 2
2 Visual literacy, 5
3 How we make meaning, 14
4 Framing: How we think about our work, 20
II. DEFINING THE TASK
5 What is this "Media literacy" of which you speak? 36
6 Engaging through inquiry, 54
7 Building media knowledge: key concepts, 73
III. FROM PEDAGOGY TO PRACTICE
8 Integrating media literacy: routines and modifications, 92
9 Integrating media literacy: planned activities, 105
10 Engaging families, 120
11 Taking the next step, 134
Appendix A: 100 words that build media literacy vocabulary, 140
Appendix B: Using media analysis questions to draw conclusions about media effects research, 144
Appendix C: Resources, 147
1 Media, society, and us, 2
2 Visual literacy, 5
3 How we make meaning, 14
4 Framing: How we think about our work, 20
II. DEFINING THE TASK
5 What is this "Media literacy" of which you speak? 36
6 Engaging through inquiry, 54
7 Building media knowledge: key concepts, 73
III. FROM PEDAGOGY TO PRACTICE
8 Integrating media literacy: routines and modifications, 92
9 Integrating media literacy: planned activities, 105
10 Engaging families, 120
11 Taking the next step, 134
Appendix A: 100 words that build media literacy vocabulary, 140
Appendix B: Using media analysis questions to draw conclusions about media effects research, 144
Appendix C: Resources, 147
