Empowering Communities with Media Literacy

The Critical Role of Young Children

Vitor Tomé, Belinha S. De Abreu, Shirley R. Steinberg

• Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
• Year: 2022
• Print ISBN: 9781433195082, 9781433195099
• eBook ISBN: 9781433195068
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Education
• Subtopic: Teaching Languages

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
• 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