I really enjoyed our discussion last week pertaining to the dichotomies in media literacy education. First of all I’ll have to admit I didn’t know the definition of dichotomy, but of course I referred to dictionary.com to clear things up (division into two usually contradictory parts or opinions). Dichotomy is one of those words that I understood because of the examples, but if it stood alone I would be confused. Experiences like this help me slow down and evaluate how I approach my lessons. If I get confused by an English word, how must freshmen feel about 85 minutes of Spanish every other day??!! The dichotomy that stands out the most to me is student-selected texts/tools vs. teacher-selected text/tools. While pondering media literacy education at the high school level, I have identified a list of pros and cons. Please add your own thoughts!
Student Selection Pros
● relevancy to age group
● ownership of learning
Student Selection Cons
● lack of relevancy to the curriculum
● all students will receive an equal education
● texts/tools not updated frequently (seem to use same things over and over)
● age barrier – not always connected to teen culture
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