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A Media Literacy Curriculum For The Adolescent Learner, Chris Lopez
A Media Literacy Curriculum For The Adolescent Learner, Chris Lopez
All Graduate Projects
The purpose of this project was to develop a media literacy curriculum for teachers of young adolescents. Media literacy is a new, evolving field of study that teaches students to become critical consumers of today's media. Media have often been blamed for the ills of student learning, critical thinking, performance and/or behavior skills. In the review ofliterature, the author investigated media's impact on the adolescent learner, the need to teach media literacy, and recommended curriculum that would benefit the adolescent learner. The curriculum unit is designed to be a useful teaching tool for teachers of adolescent and preadolescent learners who …
Impact Of School Libraries On Student Achievement: A Review Of The Research, Michele Lonsdale
Impact Of School Libraries On Student Achievement: A Review Of The Research, Michele Lonsdale
School and system improvement
This literature review was undertaken on behalf of the Australian School Library Association (ASLA). It was conducted over a four-week period in November–December 2002. The main purpose of the review was to report on the nature and extent of the evidence that has linked school libraries to student achievement from 1990 - 2002, to identify the strengths and gaps in existing data as it might relate to an Australian setting, and to suggest some strategies for developing further research in Australia.