The Earlier the Better; Expanding and Deepening Literacy with Young Children

Authors

  • Jeff Share

Abstract

This article is taken from the Rethinking Childhood Series book:  Share, J. (2009).  Media Literacy is Elementary; Teaching Youth to Critically Read and Create Media. NY:  Peter Lang.  This article gives a theoretical and practical approach to teaching critical media literacy skills in the classroom. The reader is referred to the complete book for more information on developing media literacy curricula that promotes social justice and critical media use.

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Published

2012-07-29

Issue

Vol. 3 No. 1 (2010)

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Articles (Peer Reviewed Research)

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