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Education/Technology/Power:
Educational Computing as a Social Practice
Edited by Hank Bromley & Michael W. Apple
Is the enormous financial investment school
districts are making in computing technology a good idea? This book examines how
technological practices align with or subvert existing forms of dominance. Nine separate
essays consider such topics as computing and gender, the effect of technology on
the role of the teacher, and the relationship between computer technology and cultural
development. Softcover. $31.95.
The New Media Literacy Handbook: An Educator's
Guide to Bringing New Media into the Classroom
by Cornelia Brunner & William Tally
An invaluable resource for educators seeking
information on, and guidance in, navigating through the vast new media landscape.
The book has been designed to help teachers develop their own visual literacy skills,
become more sophisticated and reflective users of media in the classroom and in general,
and develop evaluation criteria for media products. Further, the authors provide
information on how new media can be used in several academic disciplines, such as
language arts, history, science, art. Grades 8-12 (1999). Softcover. $22.00.
Cultural Studies Goes to School:
Reading and Teaching Popular Media
by David Buckingham & Julian Sefton-Green
The first part of the book provides detailed
analysis of students' readings and uses of popular media, ranging from computer games
and soap operas to comics and rap music, and develops a social theory of reading
that acknowledges the complex roles of gender, 'race,' and social class. The second
part describes a number of classroom projects involving both critical and practical
aspects of media education. High School (1994). Softcover. $45.95.
Teaching Popular Culture: Beyond Radical
Pedagogy
Edited by David Buckingham
In recent years, the hyperbolic rhetoric of
"critical pedagogy" has come under attack not only from theoretical perspectives
such as feminism, anti-racism and postmodernism, but also in light of actual classroom
experiences. The notion that teachers might "liberate" students through
rationalistic forms of ideological critique has been increasingly questioned, not
only on the grounds of its political arrogance, but also because of its ineffectiveness
in practice. This book seeks to move beyond the limitations of these debates and
to explore positive alternatives. (1998). Softcover. $35.95.
Watching Media Learning
Edited by David Buckingham
Based on detailed classroom research, this
book seeks to identify the rewards and achievements, as well as the difficulties
and contradictions, of teaching about the media. Four major themes emerge: the process
of teaching and learning; the relationship between theoretical and practical work;
teaching about "race" and gender; and the place of media education in other
curriculum areas. High School. Softcover. $37.95.
Visual Messages:
Integrating Imagery into Instruction, Second Edition
by David M. Considine & Gail E. Haley
Designed for teachers in elementary, middle
and high school, this book seeks to help educators identify the basic principles
of media literacy, including concepts such as media representations, and connect
media literacy to key components of traditional and emerging curriculum. The book
includes materials to plan single lessons, units or whole courses based on media
literacy, all of which are coded by grade level and curriculum area. K-12. Softcover.
$76.95.
More Than Words: An Introduction to Communication,
Third Edition
by Richard Dimbledy & Graeme Burton
The authors cover the essential elements of
communication, including communication between individuals and groups, in organisations
and through mass media and new technologies. The third edition features case studies
and assignments, and a new series of key questions to help students understand central
concepts in communication studies. (1998) University. Softcover. $32.99.
Teach Yourself Media Studies
by Brenda Downes & Steve Miller
This book provides a clear introduction for
those embarking on a course of study and for those who wish to have an overview of
current debates about the media. The book explains concepts used in Media Studies,
uses examples across a range of media technologies, suggest relevant practical activities
and offers a guide for further study. (1998). Softcover. $21.95.
Mass Media and Popular Culture, Version
2
by Barry Duncan, Janine D'Ippolito, Cam MacPhereson
& Carolyn Wilson
Asks the student to examine critically
some of the most important media issues of our time. Organized as a textbook
which defines and examines the various types of media, chapter topics
include Teen Representation, Media and Gender, Media Environments, The
Global Citizen, and Living in Cyberspace, among others. The book is part
of a media literacy program that also includes an accompanying resource
binder, which contains teaching suggestions, student readings, and student
handouts. There is also a video package which works in conjunction with
this material entitles Scanning Television, Videos for Media Literacy,
by Neil Anderson and John Pungente, SJ. The video package includes four
videos and four video teacher's guides. High School (1996). Hardcover.
$46.95 Resource Binder $114.95 Video Package (VHS or PAL) $312.95.
The Cultural Studies Reader, Second Edition
Edited by Simon During
An ideal introduction for students to this
exciting discipline. A revised introduction explains the history and key concerns
of cultural studies, while the body of the volume includes thirty-eight essay, eighteen
of which are new. There are articles on new areas such as science and cyberculture,
globalization, postcolonialism, public spheres, and cultural policy. The editor has
also provided suggestions for further reading and a comprehensive bibliography. University
(1999). Softcover. $37.99.
Journalism Today! Workbook: Annotated Teacher's
Edition
by Donald L. Ferguson & Jim Patton
To be used in conjunction with the Journalism
Today! textbook or as a supplement to any journalism or communication media class.
Beginning with a chapter on law and ethics in journalism, the book offers activities
in news judgement, interviewing, editorial writing, writing for broadcast etc. The
Annotated Teacher's Edition provides background information, teaching suggestions,
and writing models. (1993). Softcover. $29.95.
The Language of Advertising: Written Texts
by Angela Goddard
Part of the Routledge Intertext Series,
Goddard's book focuses on the interrelation of language, image and layout. Various
activities seek to investigate the discourse between "reader" and advertisement,
as well as the relationship between advertising and culture. The book includes a
wide range of advertisements, as well as a comprehensive glossary of terms. (1998)
Senior H.S.\University. Softcover. $25.99.
Teaching the Media: International Perspectives
Edited by Andrew Hart
This study, focusing on media education in
English-speaking countries, systematically examines empirical strategies for teaching
media. Rather than offering a comparative evaluation of different paradigms for media
education or varying teaching models in practice, it explores the diversity of educational
concerns, goals, and classroom practices in different parts of the world. Softcover.
$49.95.
Failure to Connect: How Computers Affect
Our Children's Minds -- and What We Can Do About It
by Jane M. Healy
Examines the advantages and drawbacks of computer
use for kids at home and school, exploring its effects on their health, mental development,
and creativity. Healy provides concrete examples of how to develop a technology plan
and use computers successfully with children of different age groups as supplements
to classroom curricula, as research tools, or in family projects. (1998). Softcover.
$21.00.
Remote Control Childhood? Combating the
Hazards of Media Culture
by Diane E. Levin
Part one of the book focuses on background
information on media, media violence, the affect of media culture on children. The
second part of the book provides information about developing strategies for working
effectively with children in classrooms, while Part three focuses on strategies for
working outside the classroom. Each section has guidelines to help clarify how to
work on these ideas, practical suggestions for activities, and numerous examples
of how educators and parents have translated the suggestions into practice in a variety
of settings. Grades 3-8 (1998). Softcover. $15.00.
Media Scenes & Class Acts
by Jack Livesley
Calling on his extensive background in education
and television, Livesley encourages teachers to explore media and other avenues of
learning in and outside the classroom. From writing scripts to creating a television
show to preparing a class for a Shakespearean theatrical production, the book shows
teachers new strategies for making media a dynamic complement to effective learning.
Intermediate and High School (1987). Softcover. $10.95.
The Media Studies Book: A Guide for Teachers
Edited by David Lusted
Written by practising teachers and drawing
on a wealth of experience in classroom work, this book focuses on the central concepts
in media studies, showing how to put these ideas into practice through classroom
activities and teaching materials. Contributors include: Gill Branston, David Buckingham,
David Lusted, Allan Rowe and Gillian Swanson among others. (1991). Softcover. $34.99.
More Than Meets the Eye: Watching Television
Watching Us
by John Pungente, SJ & Martin O'Malley
An entertaining guide to critical viewing.
Chapters include "Buy Me That," in which the authors deal with rampant
commercialism, from toy-driven cartoons to product placement on sitcoms; "He
Shoots, He Kills!" which argues that the issue of violence on television often
misses the point -- that news reports and professional sports may be far more disturbing
that Buffy the Vampire Slayer or Beasties. And in "Bishop Sheen
Touches an Angel," the authors delve into the complex issue of values, both
religious and secular, that are purveyed as part of television's daily fare. Hardcover.
$29.99.
The Language of Newspapers
by Danuta Reah
Part of the Routledge Intertext Series,
this accessible satellite textbook offers students hands-on practical experience
of textual analysis focused on newspapers. The book examines how the press is ideologically
biased; explores stylistic contrasts in the portrayal of current events; includes
numerous text examples from a range of broadsheets and tabloids, and includes a comprehensive
glossary. Senior H.S./University (1998). Softcover. $25.99.
Teen Spirits: Music and Identity in Media
Education
by Chris Richards
An innovative study that examines pop music,
media studies and the micro-cultural politics of sdolescence. Richards argues that
media education has neglected pop music, and that as something of enormous significance
in the lives of young people, it merits a serious place in the field. He provides
vivid, concrete accounts of media studies in action, including detailed accounts
of classroom discussions, interviews with students and teachers, and examples of
students' work. (1998). Softcover. $37.99.
Children Reading Print and Television
by Muriel Robinson
Claims that simplistic notions which see print
and television as oppositional and unrelated are inadequate and misleading. It argues
that teachers need to take greater account of the strategies and competencies that
children bring to the classroom from their home viewing experiences. Teachers can
then draw on these experiences to enhance a child's reading of print narrative. Based
on years of original fieldwork done carried out with 8- and 9- year old children
in a British primary school. (1997). Softcover. $47.75.
Sport, Culture and the Media
by David Rowe
Part of the Issues in Cultural and Media
Studies series, this book examines the conjunction of two of the most powerful
cultural forces of our times. It looks at the ways in which media sport has insinuated
itself into contemporary everyday life, and how sport and media have made themselves
mutually indispensable as well as, for whole societies of people, unavoidable. The
book is divided into two parts -- Making Media Sport & Unmaking the Media Sports
Text. The first part traces the rise of sports media, while the second part concentrates
on different media forms. Senior H.S./University. Softcover. $29.95.
Young People, Creativity and New Technologies:
The Challenge of Digital Arts
by Julian Sefton-Green; foreword by David
Puttnam
Describes how Information Communication Technologies
(ICTs) may be creating new possibilities for creative work both within the formal
curriculum and in complimentary educational sites. This book provides a series of
case studies documenting the use of "digital arts" across the school and
community arts curriculum. It demonstrates how ICTSs can be used in a genuinely inter-disciplinary
way. (1999). Softcover. $38.99.
Intermediality: The Teacher's Handbook
of Critical Media Literacy
Edited by Ladislaus Semali & Ann Watts
Pailliotet
Challenges the practice of teaching the classics
and canon of acceptable literary works far removed from student's experience. The
editors present literacy education that is "intermedial" in nature -- it
entails constructing connections among various conceptions and sign systems. Contributor's
tackle such issues as multiculturalism, gender studies, and video technology as they
pertain to the classroom. (1999). Softcover. $37.95.
Media Literacy: Keys to Interpreting Media
Messages
by Art Silverblatt
The book's primary objective is to offer a
critical approach for the study of media literacy. In Part one, the author furnishes
the theoretical tools that will enable students to identify and analyze messages
conveyed through the media. In Part two, they are given the opportunity to apply
these tools to a variety of media formats: advertising, children's programming, print
and broadcast journalism, and political communications. A separate Instructor's Manual
is also available, which includes suggestions and materials for discussion, in-class
activities and assignments. College\University (1995). Softcover. $36.95 Instructor's
Manual. $7.95.
Media Matters: Critical Thinking in the
Information Age
Produced by South-Western Educational Publishing
A complete media studies package which includes
two videotapes, videos on DVD, a CD ROM, and a CD of Audio Recordings, as well as
a student textbook and instructor's manual. The package is designed to cover fourteen
lessons which will help teach students how to analyze media messages. Lessons include,
Learning to Analyze the Media, The U.S. Media Style, The News Media, TV Talk Shows,
The World of Music Media among many more. Each lesson contains the same main categories
to enhance organization for the instructor and student: these categories include
an introduction, media vocabulary, activities, and a chance for students to create
their own media messages. High School (2000). $525.00.
The TV Book: Talking Back to Your TV
by Shelagh Wallace
"Speaking directly to young viewers,
this lively paperback with colour cartoons, handy quiz charts and child-friendly
interviews with industry insiders is a terrific tool for creating critical viewers"
-Starweek Magazine. This revised and updated edition includes a new activities guide
chapter. (1998) Intermediate\ Grade 3 -- 7. Softcover. $12.95.
Screening Images: Ideas for Media Education
by Chris M. Worsnop
Part One builds a plain-language theoretical
framework for media education. Part Two contains 22 personal essays connecting media
experiences to our lives, our culture and to education. The topics range from lessons
to be found in a family photo album to those we get from media coverage of the Gulf
and Kosovo Wars. Part Three is crammed with practical activities and projects for
classroom or independent use. Intermediate and Senior H.S. Softcover. $22.95.
Elusive Culture: Schooling, Race, and
Identity in Global Times
by Daniel A. Yon
An ethnographic study of youth engaged in
a quest for identity in global times. It explores the questions of identity and culture
at a Toronto high school, a space wherein teachers and students alike shift and slide
in relation to policies and practices of anti-racism, multiculturalism, and the competing
discourses of identity. (2000). Softcover. $23.95.
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