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"The topic of this book, pedagogy in light of media technologies, is of utmost importance. Equally important is Brian Goldfarb's attention to the success (or lack thereof) of educators and cultural activists in using these technologies to elicit the active, critical engagement of the citizenry in the project of learning."--Michael Renov, coeditor of "Collecting Visible Evidence"
List of contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction: An Ethos of Visual Pedagogy
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Part One. Historicizing New Technologies in the Classroom
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1. Media and Global Education: Television’s Debut in Classrooms from Washington, D.C., to American Samoa
2. Students as Producers: Critical Video Production
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3. Critical Pedagogy at the End of the Rainbow Curriculum: Media Activism in the Sphere of Sex Ed
4. Peer Education and Interactivity: Youth Cultures and New Media Technologies in Schools and Beyond
Part Two. Visual Pedagogy beyond Schools
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5. Museum Pedagogy: The Blockbuster Exhibition as Educational Technology
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6. A Pedagogical Cinema: Development Theory, Colonialism, and Postliberation African Film
7. Local Television and Community Politics in Brazil: Sao Paulo’s TV Anhembi
Appendix: An Annotated List of Media Organizations, Distributors, and Resources
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Notes
Bibliography
Index
About the author
Brian Goldfarb is Assistant Professor of Communication at the University of California, San Diego. He was Curator of Education at the New Museum of Contemporary Art in New York City from 1993 to 1997.
Summary
Critiques some deployments of media in education, in and out of school, while exploring progressive possibilities in others.
