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With the changing media environment, media literacy education begins to be an emerging field in China. There are many studies showing the significance of media literacy education; however, few studies on school practices are presented. The existing studies are mostly based on the context of western discourse. Even the curriculum framework in this case is influenced by western scholars. There have been a few studies investigating media literacy education in the Asian context. It is still struggling for the foothold in schools in China compared with countries where it has been practiced for a long time. Based on this understanding, this study is to explore the entry and approaches of media literacy education in a Chinese primary school. It aims to shift media literacy education from an international context to its local setting, and offers a point of reference to enrich the theory and practice in the process of localization. The research questions are concentrated on how media literacy education was initiated in the context of the national curriculum reform, and two ways in which it implemented in the HZMHT primary school. It is a qualitative case study, using observation, interviews, focus groups, group meetings and document analysis as the main methods of collecting data in the field. The introduction of media literacy education in the HZMHT primary school is consistent with the national curriculum reform, which provides an opportunity for the development of media literacy education. Through the changes in management structure and curriculum standards, the HZMHT primary school gets officially support to promote its curriculum innovation through media literacy education. The school practice becomes a response to curriculum reform in return. In this study, the curriculum practice is a result of a collaborative effort between a university and a primary school. With the endeavor of teachers in the HZMHT primary school and the team members from BBU, media literacy education was exercised both as a school-based curriculum and as an integrated component of multiple subjects. In the curriculum practice of media literacy education, students’ media culture is brought into the classroom and they are encouraged to interact with a digital society from the perspective of constructivism and critical pedagogy. Students construct new knowledge and fulfill personal growth by interacting with teachers and peers in a student-centered dialogue. In addition, they become aware of media environment and their roles in a world with dominant media. Five conceptual understandings of media literacy education are practised in the school-based curriculum, while priority was given to achieving the objectives of the original subjects in the integrated curriculum, where media literacy education is integrated with moral education, math education, information technology and integrated practical activities in a constructivist approach. Students’ engagement and interactive activities indicate the effectiveness in the curriculum practice. The research gaps on the process of contextual adaption and pedagogical exploration for media literacy education are filled through this school initiative in this case study. First, the changing paradigm of school practice and moral cultivation of the curriculum in China enrich the theory of localization for media literacy education. Second, the school initiative of a curriculum innovation fulfills the pedagogical exploration for the promotion of media literacy education and its legitimacy in Chinese context. / published_or_final_version / Education / Doctoral / Doctor of Philosophy

This body of work endeavours to interrogate mainstream media and popular culture [mis]representations of racialized persons, in addition to the negative impact such imageries have on identity formation processes - principally amongst populations of young men and women of African descent. While this work focuses on North American contexts, this examination is applicable to all peoples in the African Diaspora. I intend to uncover the learning possibilities for racialized youth, by introducing an educational model that prepares students to critique various forms of media, as well as teaching and encouraging them to create their own realities through the use of a critical form of media education in multiple level classrooms, starting with those in the Toronto District School Board. The ultimate goal of this project is to propel racialized students to move away from the [mis]educative effects of the media, toward beginning to define themselves on their own terms.

Thesis (J.C.L.)--Catholic University of America, 2004. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 71-76).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Washington State University, August 2008. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 135-151).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--UCLA, 2007. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 164-177).

Thesis (M.S.)--Rochester Institute of Technology, 2009. / Typescript. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 40-43).

Thesis (M.Ed.)--Memorial University of Newfoundland, 2004. / Bibliography: leaves 118-126.

Thesis (J.C.L.)--Catholic University of America, 2004. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 71-76).

Studien är gjord med syftetatt undersöka hur lärare som har fått in fler digitala verktyg i klassrummet de senaste åren förhåller sig till den ökade digitaliseringen samt hur denna påverkar undervisningen av media literacy-kompetenser i skolan. Utifrån syftet valdes följande tre forskningsfrågor ut: (1) Vilka media literacy-kompetenser arbetar lärare med i skolans undervisning? (2) På vilka sätt arbetar lärarna för att utveckla elevers media literacy-kompetenser? (3) Hur upplever lärare att tillgång till digitala verktyg påverkar undervisningen av media literacy-kompetenser? Studien har det sociokulturella perspektivet om lärande och pragmatismen som grund. Studien är en kvalitativ studie utförd genom fokusgruppsintervjuer med totalt åtta lärare på två skolor. Resultaten visar att lärarna undervisar om alla de sex media literacy-kompetenserna som är riktade mot elever och att de undervisar om media literacy-kompetenserna i alla ämnen. Resultaten visar också att lärarnas undervisning ofta tar en utgångspunkt i undervisningstillfällen om källkritik men att lärarna ofta får undervisa om media literacy-kompetenser utanför den planerade undervisningen när eleverna ställer frågor som rör elevernas ”liv på Internet”. Resultaten visar även att lärarna anser att de digitala verktygen kan göra elevernas lärande mer lustfyllt. Resultaten visar också att lärarna känner en viss osäkerhet om hur de ska använda de digitala verktygens hård- och mjukvara och om att inte ha fått tillräckligt med utbildning som kan relateras till media literacy-kompetenser. Slutsatsen av den här studien är att det behövs kontinuerlig utbildning som kan relateras till media literacy-kompetenserna för lärarna för att både undervisa eleverna efter deras egna erfarenheter och för att skapa ett intresse för media literacy hos eleverna och en förmåga att hantera förändringar. / This study is done with the purpose to examine how teachers that in recent year have got more digital tools in the classroom relate to the increased digitalization and how this effect the teaching of media literacy skills in school. From this purpose three questions have been chosen: 1) Which media literacy skills are taught by teachers in school? (2) How do teachers work to develop students’ media literacy skills? (3) How do teachers experience that access to digital tools affect the teaching of media literacy skills? The study is grounded in the social cultural theory of learning and pragmatism. This study is a qualitative study that is done with focus group interviews. The results show that teachers teach about all the six media literacy skills that is directed to students and that the teachers teach about media literacy skills in all the schools subjects. The results also show that teachers often outsets from criticism of the sources in their teaching but also that the teachers often must teach impromptu when the students ask questions about the students “life on the Internet”. The results also show that teacher believes that digital tools can make the students’ learning more joyful. The results’ also show the teachers feels a bit insecure about how they should use the digital tools hard and software and about the feeling that they have not got enough education that can be related to media literacy skills. The conclusion of this study is that a continuous education that can be related to media literacy competences is important for the teachers so that teachers can use the students’ experiences in class and to create a student interest in media literacy and an ability to handle changes.