Critical Democracy Through Digital Media Production in a Third-Grade Classroom

• Sarah E. Montgomery ^[1]
  1. [1] University of Northern Iowa

     University of Northern Iowa

     City of Cedar Falls, Estados Unidos

     
• Localización: Theory and research in social education, ISSN 0093-3104, Vol. 42, Nº 2, 2014, págs. 197-227
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • This article explores the ways that alternative digital media production by elementary students can support education for critical democracy. The article centers on a collaborative, qualitative study in which students in a 3rd-grade class at a Title One school created and disseminated podcasts about issues of historical injustice rooted in the key tenets of critical literacy. Producing this counter-hegemonic digital media supported students becoming a community of active citizens dedicated to promoting social justice. The students used their podcasts as a public forum to educate others about historical injustice and take action for social change.