Media texts and technology tools provide all of us, young and old, with resources for a lifetime of learning and entertainment – and they both represent and shape our culture’s values and priorities, offering us a daily array of tensions and taboos.
When teachers have a set of conceptual principles, grounded in research evidence, it can guide instructional practices when using mass media and popular culture as tools for teaching and learning.
Teachers learn how to select meaningful media texts for use in the classroom and how to recognize and use the teachable moment in dialogue and discussion about mass media and popular culture. This book has offered concepts and ideas to help you steer the ship.
