1st Edition

Pedagogical Opportunities of the Review Genre Learning in Cultures of Evaluation

By Maarit Jaakkola Copyright 2024
240 Pages 10 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

240 Pages 10 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

240 Pages 10 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Pedagogical Opportunities of the Review Genre  unleashes the pedagogical potential of the review genre, reframing the act of reviewing of cultural products as a communicative practice from a pedagogical perspective. Negotiating between traditions of journalism and media studies and pedagogy, the author presents a novel approach that will increase the readers’ understanding of an... Read more

1. Introduction: Living in Cultures of Evaluation 2. Reviewing as Critical Cultural Prosumption 3. The Genre of Reviewing 4. Building Review Literacy Pedagogy 5. Reviewing in Formal Learning Settings 6. Reviewing, Learning, and Cultural Institutions 7. Reviewing in Informal Learning Settings 8. Social Change through Reviewing 9. Conclusion

Biography

Maarit Jaakkola, PhD, is associate professor of journalism at the Department of Journalism, Media and Communication and co-director of Nordicom, a centre of Nordic media research, at the University of Gothenburg in Sweden.