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 | | Reading the Media in High School: Media Literacy in High School English (Language and Literacy Series (Teachers College Pr)) by Renee Hobbs ISBN-10: 9780807747384 ISBN-10: 0-8077-4738-6 ISBN-13: 9780807747384 ISBN-13: 978-0-8077-4738-4 Paperback 2006-11-01 Teachers College Press, Teachers College, Columbia University Find Lowest Price |
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Product Description This pioneering book, by one of the founders of the media literacy field, provides the first empirical evidence of the impact of media literacy on the academic achievement of adolescents. It chronicles the practice of high school teachers who prepared their students to critically analyze all aspects of contemporary media culture. To do so, they developed an innovative curriculum that incorporates popular media, television, journalism, film, and new media into the required English curriculum. This book examines the processes they used to design and implement the new curriculum as well as the specific, measurable impact that the program had on students. | ||
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Wonderful guide and manual for media literacy Renee Hobbs has once again produced another volume of expertise and research in a field that encapsulates the 21st Century English classroom. Thank you R. Hobbs for delivering another product that truly guides teachers in the development of media literacy in the English curriculum. I am digesting this book chapter by chapter... | ||
Superbly organized and presented "Reading The Media: Media Literacy In High School English" by national media education expert Renee Hobbs (Associate Professor of Communication at Temple University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) chronicles the successful practice of highschool English teachers who developed an innovative curriculum for their students that incorporates popular media, television, journalism, film, and 'new media' information sources, as well as the specific, measurable impact that this curriculum supplementation had on the students' academic performance. "Reading The Media" documents how a media literacy course significantly improved reading comprehension, writing, critical analysis, and other academic skills. Teachers are also provided with practical information on how to revise their lessons plans and activities to take advantage of media literacy strategies to increase student motivation and equip basic citizenship skills. Superbly organized and presented, "Reading The Media" is a welcome and very highly recommended addition to high-school and home-school Media Literacy and English Language Studies curriculums. | ||