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Publication Date: 2014
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Critical Democracy through Digital Media Production in a Third-Grade Classroom
Montgomery, Sarah E.
Theory and Research in Social Education, v42 n2 p197-227 2014
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.
Descriptors: Grade 3, Elementary School Students, Social Justice, Social Change, Critical Literacy, Handheld Devices, Information Technology, Cooperative Learning, Democracy, History, American Indians, Boarding Schools, Consciousness Raising, Interviews, Student Attitudes, Qualitative Research, Participant Observation
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Grade 3; Elementary Education
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Language: English
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