Media Literacy Facilitation as Service Learning and Public Engagement

2022 ◽  
pp. 499-522
Author(s):  
Christine Olson ◽  
Erica Scharrer

This chapter offers insights from a 15-year partnership between a public university and local K-12 schools to explore how the facilitation of media literacy education (MLE) programs by university students can offer rewarding outcomes for both research and learning. The MLE program that serves as the case study for this chapter takes place at local elementary schools each spring in conjunction with an undergraduate communication course and includes interactive media analysis discussions as well as a culminating creative production activity. Reflections and written feedback from participating graduate, undergraduate, and elementary students emphasize the strengths of this pedagogical model for collaboration and learning while also acknowledging the practical constraints of such a partnership. By detailing the institutional-level support, instructional design, and practical implementation of this MLE program, the chapter enumerates the benefits and challenges of engaged research and service learning for advancing media literacy goals.

Author(s):  
Christine Olson ◽  
Erica Scharrer

This chapter offers insights from a 15-year partnership between a public university and local K-12 schools to explore how the facilitation of media literacy education (MLE) programs by university students can offer rewarding outcomes for both research and learning. The MLE program that serves as the case study for this chapter takes place at local elementary schools each spring in conjunction with an undergraduate communication course and includes interactive media analysis discussions as well as a culminating creative production activity. Reflections and written feedback from participating graduate, undergraduate, and elementary students emphasize the strengths of this pedagogical model for collaboration and learning while also acknowledging the practical constraints of such a partnership. By detailing the institutional-level support, instructional design, and practical implementation of this MLE program, the chapter enumerates the benefits and challenges of engaged research and service learning for advancing media literacy goals.


2021 ◽  
pp. 174619792110413
Author(s):  
Siamack Zahedi ◽  
Rhea Jaffer ◽  
Camille L Bryant ◽  
Kala Bada

The development of student civic engagement has featured in Indian educational policies for decades as a critical goal of schooling. However, the narrowness of the prescribed K-12 curricula, and the intense focus on competitive exams, do not support such an outcome. To overcome this problem, ABC School in India decided to pilot service-learning in its middle-school classroom. The idea was to assess the effects of such a program on students and the community’s welfare. Analysis of data from surveys, focus groups, and interviews showed that the service-learning project might have supported increased civic engagement in some students while also enhancing the welfare of the community served. No prior peer-reviewed empirical studies have been published on the nature and effects of service-learning at schools in India.


Author(s):  
Steven Funk ◽  
Douglas Kellner ◽  
Jeff Share

This chapter provides a theoretical framework of critical media literacy (CML) pedagogy and examples of practical implementation in K-12 and teacher education. It begins with a brief discussion of literature indicating the need for educators to use a critical approach to media. The historical trajectory of CML and key concepts are then reviewed. Following this, the myths of “neutrality” and “normalcy” in education and media are challenged. The chapter takes a critical look at information and communication technologies and popular culture, reviewing how they often reinforce and occasionally challenge dominant ideologies. Next, this critical perspective is used to explore how CML interrogates the ways media tend to position viewers, users, and audiences to read and negotiate meanings about race, class, gender, and the multiple identity markers that privilege dominant groups. The subjective and ubiquitous nature of media is highlighted to underscore the transformative potential of CML to use media tools for promoting critical thinking and social justice in the classroom.


2020 ◽  
pp. 105382592098078
Author(s):  
Sara Gartland

Background: Critical service-learning provides an opportunity for culturally sustaining and experiential learning across a variety of contexts. This study took place alongside a larger study examining the implementation of a year-long community-based critical service-learning initiative at an underresourced elementary school. While the larger study focused on the ways in which the teachers engaged with the framework, this study focuses on the students. Purpose: This study sought to explore third graders’ perceptions of their participation in developing, planning, and implementing a critical service-learning project. Methodology/Approach: Fieldnotes from classroom observations, co-planning and co-teaching sessions, transcripts from student focus groups, and other lesson artifacts were analyzed qualitatively. Findings/Conclusions: A case study of two third-grade students found that amplification of student voice associated with engaging in the critical service-learning fostered a sense of community within the classroom and increased student self-efficacy. Implications: These findings add to the literature on critical service-learning in K–12 public schools while also providing impetus to continue studying student perceptions of experiential learning.


2019 ◽  
pp. 318-348
Author(s):  
Steven Funk ◽  
Douglas Kellner ◽  
Jeff Share

This chapter provides a theoretical framework of critical media literacy (CML) pedagogy and examples of practical implementation in K-12 and teacher education. It begins with a brief discussion of literature indicating the need for educators to use a critical approach to media. The historical trajectory of CML and key concepts are then reviewed. Following this, the myths of “neutrality” and “normalcy” in education and media are challenged. The chapter takes a critical look at information and communication technologies and popular culture, reviewing how they often reinforce and occasionally challenge dominant ideologies. Next, this critical perspective is used to explore how CML interrogates the ways media tend to position viewers, users, and audiences to read and negotiate meanings about race, class, gender, and the multiple identity markers that privilege dominant groups. The subjective and ubiquitous nature of media is highlighted to underscore the transformative potential of CML to use media tools for promoting critical thinking and social justice in the classroom.


Retos ◽  
2015 ◽  
pp. 122-127
Author(s):  
Jesús Gil Gómez ◽  
Óscar Chiva Bartoll

El presente artículo expone una experiencia innovadora de aprendizaje-servicio diseñada y aplicada en el Área de Didáctica de la Expresión Corporal de la Universitat Jaume I. Concretamente se trata de una aplicación basada en el documento «Estándares de Aprendizaje-Servicio K-12 para la Práctica de Calidad» propuesto en 2008 por el  National Youth Leadership Council de Estados Unidos. En esta aplicación didáctica han intervenido, por una parte, el alumnado de la asignatura «Bases anatómicas y fisiológicas del movimiento», perteneciente a la titulación de maestro y maestra de la Universitat Jaume I, y por otra parte, varias entidades sociales centradas en la atención a personas con dificultades motrices derivadas de diversas patologías anatómicas y/o fisiológicas. A través de esta metodología el alumnado universitario ha aplicado los conocimientos específicos de la asignatura en cuestión, para prestar un servicio a la comunidad. Así, no sólo ha aprendido los contenidos curriculares pertinentes de un modo práctico y significativo, sino que además ha puesto en juegosu competencia social y ciudadana. En definitiva el artículo recoge, una a una, las diferentes fases llevadas a cabo en esta experiencia de aprendizaje-servicio en el ámbito de la educación física: el diseño, la aplicación práctica y la valoración final de la misma. Palabras clave: Aprendizaje-Servicio, Didáctica de la Educación Física, Innovación Metodológica, Diversidad Funcional, Educación Superior.Abstract: This paper presents the design and implementation of an innovative service-learning experience carried out in the  Physical Education Department of the Universitat Jaume I. The experience is based in the «K -12 Service -Learning Standards for Quality Practice» proposed in 2008 by the National Youth Leadership Council of the U.S. In this didactic application there were involved different groups of people. On the one hand, it involved the students of the subject «Anatomical and physiological bases of movement», belonging to the teaching degree of the Universitat Jaume I. On the other hand, there were involved several social organizations which are focused on care for people with mobility difficulties arising from various anatomical and/or physiological conditions. Through this methodology, our students used their knowledge of this subject, to provide a service to the community. Thus, they learned the most relevant contents in a practical and meaningful way, and at the same time they also developed their social and civic skills. The article covers, step by step, the different phases carried out in this service-learning experience implemented in the field of physical education: the design, the practical implementation and the assessment.Key words: Service-Learning, Physical Education Teaching, Methodological Innovation, Functional Diversity, Higher Education.


2009 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 83-104 ◽  
Author(s):  
Phitsamay Uy

In the world of K–12 education, the growing numbers of dropouts are a major concern. This article examines the dropout rates of Chinese and Vietnamese high school students. Using logistic regression analysis, this article examines the influence of ethnicity, gender, and socioeconomic status (SES) on dropout rates. The distinct contribution of this analysis lies within the intraethnic comparisons within the Asian American student population and its use of longitudinal data. The results of the study support existing research that gender and SES are related to dropout rates. Moreover, an interesting interaction between ethnicity and SES exists.


2010 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 44-50 ◽  
Author(s):  
Diane R. Bridges ◽  
Marc S. Abel ◽  
Jim Carlson ◽  
John Tomkowiak

2014 ◽  
Vol 52 (4) ◽  
pp. 422-445 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hans W. Klar ◽  
Curtis A. Brewer

Purpose – In this paper, the authors present a case study of successful school leadership at County Line Middle School. The purpose of the paper is to identify how particular leadership practices and beliefs were adapted to increase student achievement in this rural, high-poverty school in the southeastern USA. Design/methodology/approach – After purposefully selecting this school, the authors adapted interview protocols, questionnaires, and analysis frameworks from the International Successful School Principalship Project to develop a multi-perspective case study of principal leadership practices at the school. Findings – The findings illustrate the practices which led to students at this school, previously the lowest-performing in the district, achieving significantly higher on state standardized tests, getting along “like a family,” and regularly participating in service learning activities and charity events. A particularly interesting finding was how the principal confronted the school's negative self-image and adapted common leadership practices to implement a school-wide reform that suited its unique context. Research limitations/implications – While the findings of the study explicate the specific ways the principal adapted leadership strategies to enhance student learning, this study also highlights the need to understand how principals become familiar with their community's needs, cultures, norms, and values, and exercise leadership in accordance with them. Practical implications – The case offers an example of the need for context-responsive leadership in schools. In particular, it illustrates how this principal enacted leadership strategies that successfully negotiated what Woods (2006) referred to as the changing politics of the rural. To realize this success, the principal utilized his understanding of this low income, rural community to guide his leadership practices. Critically, part of this understanding included the ways the community was connected to and isolated from dominant sub-urban and urban societies, and how to build enthusiasm and capacity through appeals to local values. Originality/value – While it is widely acknowledged that school leaders need to consider their school and community contexts when making leadership decisions, less research has focussed on understanding how this can be achieved. This case provides rich examples of how this was accomplished in a rural, high-poverty middle school.


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