We start Season 8 in a tempestuous election cycle in the United States. We are joined by guest host Chris Carter to discuss an approach to civic education in today’s political landscape, with a focus on grounded discussions based on essential anchor questions.
Later, we look at the absence of state standards for media literacy in the US. Their research provides a call and roadmap for teachers to prioritize explicit instruction in media literacy for students.
- First Segment – 02:13 – Political Discourse in US Education
- Second Segment – 23:28 – Media Literacy Policy in US Schools
Featured Guest
Primary Citations
- Levine, P. (2023). Politics by other means: Civic education in a time of controversy. The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 705(1), 24-38. https://doi.org/10.1177/00027162231189037
- DiGiacomo, D. K., Hodgin, E., Kahne, J., Alkam, S., & Taylor, C. (2023). Assessing the state of media literacy policy in US K-12 schools. Journal of Children and Media, 17(3), 336-352. https://doi.org/10.1080/17482798.2023.2201890
Supplemental Citations
- Strategies to combat misinformation: Enduring effects of a 15-minute online intervention on critical-thinking adolescents (Orosz, 2024)
- The great rewiring: is social media really behind an epidemic of teenage mental illness? (Odgers, 2024)
- Time spent on social media among the least influential factors in adolescent mental health: preliminary results from a panel network analysis (Panayiotou, 2023)
- Public Goods, Private Goods: The American struggle over educational goals (Labaree, 1997)
- American history textbooks can differ across the country, in ways that are shaded by partisan politics (New York Times, 2020)
- Peter Levine’s “A Blog for Civic Renewal”
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- Teaching the 2024 Election: Learning Opportunity or Landmine? (EdWeek, 2024)
- 064 Evaluative Mindsets & Sociopolitical Consciousness (Two Pint PLC, 2022)
- 070 Critical Ignoring & Reverse Engineering (Two Pint PLC, 2022)
- Media Bias Chart (Ad Fontes Media, 2024)
- Media Bias Fact Check
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- When ChatGPT summarises, it actually does nothing of the kind. (R&A IT Strategy & Architecture)
Featured Beverage
We drink Nordic Jam, a lager with Nordic fruits from Two Pitchers Brewing in Oakland, CA.