Through a discussion of two videos – The Take (Naomi Klein & Avi Lewis, 2004), and a student project – I argue that media education can further the role of youth as critically engaged, democratic citizens most effectively when educators develop students’ capacity for reflection and self‐expression through engagement with those power structures that limit such acts. Media literacy’s democratic promise thus evolves from the productive tensions that arise from educators’ desire to protect and prepare students to live in a media saturated society. Of late, media education has strayed from this objective. I suggest that this move is not necessary. Key words: media production, democracy, critical practice, pedagogy À partir de l’analyse de de...
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There is a crisis relevant to the publicly funded education of Aboriginal students in Ontar‐ io. Thi...
This analysis draws on interview data from a three‐year study of educational decision making of yout...
In this article we offer a research‐based response to and critique of approaches suggested to addres...
This qualitative case study illustrates and compares the metacognitive strategies that a grade‐3 fem...
Although the mainstream media and education systems are key institutions that perpetuate various soc...
Canadians live in a world of mega‐spin where public relations corporate lobbyists play an increasing...
The idea of media literacy prompts an increasingly divisive debate between educators who wish to pro...
The rapid evolution of online, independent journalism affords educators an opportunity to increase s...
This article focuses on a participatory research project designed to promote student use of digital ...
This article explores how four minority students in a university access program reconciled their pre...
Drawing on several ethnographies with youth participants, I identified and critiqued three frames th...
I conducted an action research study with intermediate‐level language and literature students, exami...
All children born in Manitoba in 1984 were tracked for 18 years to assess their grade‐ 12 performanc...
This study investigates the infusion of intercultural inquiry into subject‐area curricu‐ lum courses...
This case study addresses a middle class familyʹs role in their sonʹs literacy development through a...
There is a crisis relevant to the publicly funded education of Aboriginal students in Ontar‐ io. Thi...
This analysis draws on interview data from a three‐year study of educational decision making of yout...
In this article we offer a research‐based response to and critique of approaches suggested to addres...
This qualitative case study illustrates and compares the metacognitive strategies that a grade‐3 fem...