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Empowering Communities with Media Literacy

The Critical Role of Young Children

by Vitor Tomé (Author) Belinha S. De Abreu (Author)
©2023 Textbook XVI, 228 Pages
Series: Minding the Media, Volume 19

Summary

This book details the project "Digital Citizenship Education for Democratic Participation" involving approximately 400 pre-school and primary school children, their families, teachers, and community members in a Lisbon locality. The research presented aims to answer the following question: To what extent can a local (and replicable) digital media literacy program empower preschool and primary-school-aged children to become active and effective citizens in the digital era? Through this book, the authors share the steps taken during the project, including the main difficulties faced and the solutions found to overcome them as well as the project’s sustainability.

Table Of Contents

  • Cover
  • Title
  • Copyright
  • About the authors
  • About the book
  • This eBook can be cited
  • Table of Contents
  • Foreword
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Chapter 1 Introduction
  • Chapter 2 Empowering Digital Citizens
  • Chapter 3 Want a Community Project? Dive in the Context First!
  • Chapter 4 Preparing Teachers to Work with the Greater Community
  • Chapter 5 The Community in Action – From Printed School Newspaper to Video News Services
  • Chapter 6 A Never Ending Project
  • Chapter 7 Lessons Learned and Moving Forward
  • Appendix A: Workshop Sheet of the “Digital Citizenship Academy” Project
  • Appendix B: STEAM/Media Literacy Workshop – structure of the final report
  • Appendix C: Workshop evaluation form for preschool children_A
  • Appendix D: Workshop evaluation form for preschool children_B
  • Appendix E: Workshop evaluation form to be filled out by primary school children
  • Appendix F: Workshop evaluation form to be filled out by teachers
  • Appendix G: Initial questionnaire for parents
  • Appendix H: Initial questionnaire for teachers
  • Index
  • Series Index

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Foreword

I was delighted to be invited to write the foreword to this book. I have been aware of the innovative research that Vitor Tomé, his colleague Belinha De Abreu and his collaborators have been undertaking for some years and am pleased that the outcomes of this exciting project are now being shared in these pages. It is my view that the ‘Digital Citizenship Academy’ project offers a number of important insights into how schooling can be transformed in the 21st century, insights which are outlined below.

Details

Pages
XVI, 228
Publication Year
2023
ISBN (PDF)
9781433195068
ISBN (ePUB)
9781433195075
ISBN (Hardcover)
9781433195099
ISBN (Softcover)
9781433195082
DOI
10.3726/b19399
Language
English
Publication date
2022 (November)
Keywords
digital citizenship community-based action research projects media education teacher preparation in-service teacher training school journalism STEM and Arts Vitor Tomé Belinha S. De Abreu Empowering Communities with Media Literacy The Critical Role of Young Children Media literacy
Published
New York, Bern, Berlin, Bruxelles, Oxford, Wien, 2023. XVI, 228 pp., 34 b/w ill., 23 tables.
Product Safety
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Biographical notes

Vitor Tomé (Author) Belinha S. De Abreu (Author)

Vitor Tomé holds a PhD in media education (University of Lisbon) and a 6-year post-doctorate in communication sciences (UAlgarve-Faro, CLEMI-Paris and Catholic University of Milan). He is an expert of the Council of Europe and of the European Commission, a lecturer (Autonoma University of Lisbon), an invited researcher (ISCTE-University Institute of Lisbon), a teacher trainer (Directorate-General of Education), and a freelance journalist (CP1524-A) who is involved in several international projects such as IBERIFIER – Iberian Media Research and Fact-checking. Belinha S. De Abreu, PhD is a global media literacy educator who received her doctorate from the University of Connecticut. She is the founder of the International Media Literacy Research Symposium and the World Media Literacy Forum. She serves as the president of the International Council for Media Literacy (IC4ML). She is the author of Teaching Media Literacy (2019) and Mobile Learning through Digital Media Literacy (Peter Lang, 2017) among other publications. De Abreu is the recipient of the 2021 National Media literacy Education Research Award.

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