1st Edition

Teaching the Media International Perspectives

Edited By Andrew Hart Copyright 1998
222 Pages
by Routledge

222 Pages
by Routledge

In TEACHING THE MEDIA: INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVES Andrew Hart initiates a challenging dialogue about approaches to Media teaching in the major English-speaking nations of the world, including the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia, and South Africa. By animating actual lessons and the considered views of classroom practitioners, TEACHING THE MEDIA encourages readers to develop... Read more
Contents: L. Masterman, Foreword: The Media Education Revolution. A. Hart, Introduction: Media Education in the Global Village. A. Hart, Models of Media Education in England and the Secondary Curriculum for English. J. Collins, Media Education in Northern Ireland. S. Court, C. Criticos, Media Education in an Emergent Democracy: KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa R. Quin, Media Education in Western Australia. R. Hobbs, Media Literacy in Massachusetts. R. Morgan, Media Education in Ontario: Generational Differences in Approach. A. Hart, Conclusion: Paradigms Revisited.

Biography

Hart, Andrew

"This book is a welcome addition to a tiny amount of research which has examined the ways in which media education operates at the shop floor level....They have producted a book which is an important contribution to a field of educational activity which should become increasingly central to the development, international and intercultural educational strategies at the turn of the century."
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