This post is a continuation of my exploration of the ways in which children’s literature might provide children, caregivers, and teachers some guidance, framing, and mentorship with respect to the ways we think about screens...
Tag - media mentorship
Before the COVID-19 orders for shelter in place and emergency schooling started, I was working on a series of posts using children’s literature as a launching pad for media mentorship. In part one I presented the idea that...
In my last several posts (here and here) I have been thinking through the ways in which children’s books might be leveraged to provide mentorship to children and their grown ups about the role of screens, technology, and...
Maria José Botelho and Masha Kabakow Rudman (2009, p. 71) suggest, “Children’s literature is a product of culture as well as evidence of power relations; it is a social transcript of the relations of race, class, and...
In my last post I shared that I utilized books, television programming, and movies as approach points in providing media mentorship to my children. An approach point is a time, condition, or opportunity for a teachable moment...