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Media literacy prepares teachers for diversity.
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Today's teachers deal with diversity at every level. Many seem unprepared. Media literacy incorporated into teacher education and professional development may benefit teachers by helping them understand the "other;" by helping them challenge media notions about gender, race, class, etc.; by introducing them to alternative pedagogies; and by offering them resources and techniques to empower their own students.
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America's educators teach a more diverse group of students than ever before--varied nationalities, backgrounds, and abilities are represented at every level of public schooling today. Yet despite mandates to prepare ...
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