The Complexity of Learning to Teach News Media in Social Studies Education

Mardi Schmeichel; Jim Garrett; Rachel Ranschaert; Joseph McAnulty; Shannon Thompson; Sonia Janis; Christopher Clark; Stephanie Yagata; Briana Bivens

doi:10.23860/JMLE-2018-10-2-5

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The Complexity of Learning to Teach News Media in Social Studies Education

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The Complexity of Learning to Teach News Media in Social Studies Education

Mardi Schmeichel, Jim Garrett, Rachel Ranschaert, Joseph McAnulty, Shannon Thompson, Sonia Janis, Christopher Clark, Stephanie Yagata and Briana Bivens

The journal of media literacy education, Vol.10(2), pp.86-103

2018

DOI: 10.23860/JMLE-2018-10-2-5

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Abstract

This research reports on data generated through an initial teacher certification program for secondary social studies teachers that introduced a specific and program-spanning focus on news media literacy. Growing out of the urgent need for pedagogies that address and promote critical engagement with the kinds of news media sources upon which civic decisions are made, our project follows teacher candidates from their initial certification coursework through the culminating student teaching semester. Our work with teacher candidates over this time was explicitly intended to intervene in and develop teacher candidates’ understandings of news media literacy, its place in social studies education, and related pedagogies. However, what resulted, and what we present throughout this paper, was also an intervention in our own understandings of the significant constraints and complexities of addressing these issues in teacher education.

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Title: Subtitle: The Complexity of Learning to Teach News Media in Social Studies Education
Creators: Mardi Schmeichel - University of Georgia
Jim Garrett - University of Georgia
Rachel Ranschaert - University of Georgia
Joseph McAnulty - University of Georgia
Shannon Thompson - University of Georgia
Sonia Janis - University of Georgia
Christopher Clark - University of Georgia
Stephanie Yagata - University of Georgia
Briana Bivens - University of Georgia
Resource Type: Journal article
Publication Details: The journal of media literacy education, Vol.10(2), pp.86-103
DOI: 10.23860/JMLE-2018-10-2-5
ISSN: 2167-8715
eISSN: 2167-8715
Number of pages: 18
Language: English
Date published: 2018
Academic Unit: Teaching and Learning
Record Identifier: 9985222820302771

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