The three new Rs in education, media | Philadelphia Public School Notebook

The three new Rs in education, media | Philadelphia Public School Notebook

The three new Rs in education, media

by Samuel Reed III

To match the broad perspectives presented in the anthology Rethinking Popular Culture and Media, this review was collaboratively authored by three diverse educators: Eoin Dempsey writer, media and computer technology teacher; Amanda Wesolek media savvy, first year English teacher; and blogger Samuel Reed.
And we thought we had our work cut out for us as teachers of pre-pubescent tweens and teens.
After reading Rethinking Popular Culture and Media we discovered just how much media saturation and corporate influences have stacked the cards against us. This anthology co-edited by media literacy scholarsElizabeth Marshall and Özlem Sensoy includes over 40 articles divided into six sections written by elementary and secondary public school teachers, scholars, and activists who examine how and what popular toys, books, films, music, and other media “teach”.

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