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About the Author
Cyndy Scheibe is cofounder and executive director of Project Look Sharp at Ithaca College, where she is also a professor of psychology, teaching courses in child and adolescent development, media literacy, and media effects; she also coordinates the college’s interdisciplinary media literacy minor. She was a founding board member of the National Association for Media Literacy Education and coauthored the association’s Core Principles of Media Literacy Education. Her publications on media literacy education include ASCD’s Quick Reference Guide Media Literacy in Every Classroom, coauthored with Faith Rogow. She has a master’s degree in communications and a PhD in developmental psychology, both from Cornell University.
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Teaching Students to Decode the World, authors Chris Sperry and Cyndy Scheibe tackle these questions as they introduce readers to constructivist media decoding (CMD), a specific way to lead students through a question-based analysis of media materials—including print and digital documents, videos and films, social media posts, advertisements, and other formats—with an emphasis on critical thinking and collaboration. Drawing from their decades of experience as teachers, consultants, and media literacy advocates, the authors explain how toDevelop and facilitate CMD activities in the classroom and in virtual teaching environments;
Implement CMD across the curriculum, at all grade levels;
Connect CMD with educational approaches such as project-based learning, social-emotional learning, and antiracist education;
Incorporate CMD into assessments; and
Promote CMD as a districtwide initiative.
This comprehensive guide explains the theoretical foundations for CMD and offers dozens of real-life examples of its implementation and its powerful impact on students and teachers. Equipped with CMD skills, students will be better able to navigate a complex media landscape, participate in a democratic society, and become productive citizens of the world.
Kristen Mattson, Ed.D. –
This is a MUST HAVE
This book is a must have for any middle or high school content area teacher that cares about media literacy education. Sperry and Scheibe offer practical examples that keep ML from being ‘one more thing on your plate’ and instead making ML like air – invisible and everywhere. I am using this text with graduate students at the University of Illinois and have used many of the concepts in professional development with practicing teachers.