Document Type
Article
Date of Original Version
2022
Abstract
Interest in media literacy education is increasing across the United States and around the world but little is still known about the prevalence of various instructional practices used to implement it in elementary and secondary schools. Surveys and semi-structured interviews with a statewide quota sample of education stakeholders included school leaders, educators, librarians, elected public officials, parents, and members of the community in all 24 school districts in Rhode Island. Results show that only a few instructional practices are implemented with most or nearly all students in the state. However, the implementation of various media literacy instructional practices varied considerably from one community to another but these differences were not due to the size of the community, its geographic location, or its socioeconomic status. Nearly half the variance in instructional practices can be accounted for by obstacles including technology limitations, school policies, academic priorities, perceptions of students, and educator response.
Publication Title, e.g., Journal
Learning, Media and Technology
Citation/Publisher Attribution
Hobbs, R., Moen, M., Tang, R. & Steager, P. (2022). Measuring the implementation of media literacy instructional practices in schools: community stakeholder perspectives. Learning, Media and Technology. https://doi.org/10.1080/17439884.2022.2151621
Available at: https://doi.org/10.1080/17439884.2022.2151621
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