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Critical Media Literacy Instruction with Teacher Loyola University Chicago Loyola eCommons Dissertations Theses and Dissertations 2017 Critical Media Literacy Instruction with Teacher Residents in Urban Catholic Schools: A Comparative Case Study Approach to Implementation and Critical Transformational Learning Jennifer K. Shah Loyola University Chicago Follow this and additional works at: https://ecommons.luc.edu/luc_diss Part of the Teacher Education and Professional Development Commons Recommended Citation Shah, Jennifer K., "Critical Media Literacy Instruction with Teacher Residents in Urban Catholic Schools: A Comparative Case Study Approach to Implementation and Critical Transformational Learning" (2017). Dissertations. 2853. https://ecommons.luc.edu/luc_diss/2853 This Dissertation is brought to you for free and open access by the Theses and Dissertations at Loyola eCommons. It has been accepted for inclusion in Dissertations by an authorized administrator of Loyola eCommons. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Copyright © 2017 Jennifer K. Shah LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO CRITICAL MEDIA LITERACY INSTRUCTION WITH TEACHER RESIDENTS IN URBAN CATHOLIC SCHOOLS: A COMPARATIVE CASE STUDY APPROACH TO IMPLEMENTATION AND CRITICAL TRANSFORMATIONAL LEARNING A DISSERTATION SUBMITTED TO THE FACULTY OF THE GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION IN CANDIDACY FOR THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF EDUCATION PROGRAM IN CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION BY JENNIFER K. SHAH CHICAGO, ILLINOIS MAY 2017 Copyright by Jennifer K. Shah, 2017 All rights reserved. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS First and foremost, I would like to thank God for helping me make this dream possible. I would like to express my utmost gratitude to the six teachers in this study who I believe have very bright futures ahead. I am also grateful to my wonderful dissertation committee. I would like to thank my chair, Dr. Kristin Davin, for spending countless hours discussing and editing my work as well as for serving as my biggest cheerleader. Thank you, Dr. Aimee Papola-Ellis for exposing to me to critical literacy and for listening to my ideas as well as reading about them. Thank you, Dr. Michelle Lia for giving me the confidence to conduct this research even though I come from outside the Catholic sphere, for all of the resources provided, and the time spent reading and editing my work. Of course I would not be where I am today without the love and support of my family and friends who truly are “the wind beneath my wings.” Thank you to my parents for teaching me to reach for the stars and to never quit. I want to thank my husband for all of the sacrifices made in the last decade so that I could follow my dreams. I want to thank my other set of wonderful parents for driving for hours every month in order to take care of my family while I worked. Finally, I would like to thank my daughter for coming into this world and turning mine sideways. Finally, I would like to thank you, the reader. I hope that you will find some value in the content of the following pages. I hope that what follows makes you think and perhaps even take action in your way. iii To my Sofie: May you grow up to develop critical literacy skills and work towards social justice in your own time. TABLE OF CONTENTS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ............................................................................................... iii LIST OF TABLES .............................................................................................................. x LIST OF FIGURES ........................................................................................................... xi ABSTRACT ...................................................................................................................... xii CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................ 1 The Need for Critical Media Literacy Instruction .................................................. 5 Statement of the Problem ........................................................................................ 7 Lack of Multiliteracy Coursework in Teacher Preparation ........................ 9 Lack of Knowledge about World Religions as a Part of Culturally Relevant Pedagogy...................................................................................... 9 Critical Literacy and the Catholic Context in the 21st Century ................. 11 Statement of Purpose and Research Questions ..................................................... 14 Theoretical and Conceptual Frameworks ............................................................. 15 Overview of Methodology .................................................................................... 16 Rationale and Significance ................................................................................... 16 Role of the Researcher .......................................................................................... 17 Researcher Assumptions and Bias ........................................................................ 19 Organization of Dissertation ................................................................................. 20 II. REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE .................................................................. 21 Theoretical Framework ......................................................................................... 23 Transformational Learning Theory ........................................................... 23 Critical Pedagogy ...................................................................................... 27 Critical Transformational Learning .......................................................... 30 Ecological Systems Theory, Propriospect, and Critical Media Literacy ..................................................................................................... 32 Summary of Theoretical Framework ........................................................ 35 Review of the Literature ....................................................................................... 35 Transformational Learning, Critical Pedagogy, and Critical Media Literacy ..................................................................................................... 36 Common Core State Standards and Critical Literacy ............................... 38 Critical Media Literacy in the Classroom ................................................. 41 Overcoming Barriers to Critical Media Literacy Instruction with Teachers .................................................................................................... 44 Transformational Learning in Practice ..................................................... 47 Critical Pedagogy in Practice .................................................................... 49 v Critical Transformational Learning in Practice ........................................ 50 Critical Media Literacy Research with Teachers in Catholic Schools ...................................................................................................... 52 Methods and Tools Used in Qualitative Research Relating to Critical Literacy ..................................................................................................... 57 Individual dialogue journals ......................................................... 57 The Social Justice Survey ............................................................. 58 Summary of Review of the Literature ...................................................... 59 Uniqueness of Current Study ................................................................................ 59 Conceptual Framework ......................................................................................... 62 Disrupting the Commonplace ................................................................... 62 Interrogating Multiple Perspectives .......................................................... 63 Focusing on Socio-Political Issues ........................................................... 64 Taking Social Action and Promoting Social Justice ................................. 64 Summary of Literature Review ............................................................................. 65 III. METHODOLOGY ..................................................................................................... 67 Rationale for Research Approach ......................................................................... 68 Research Setting.................................................................................................... 69 Research Sample ................................................................................................... 73 Treatment Procedures ........................................................................................... 75 Data Collection Methods ...................................................................................... 76 Semi-Structured Interviews ...................................................................... 78 The Social Justice Survey ......................................................................... 79 Workshop Session Transcripts .................................................................. 80 Individual Teacher Dialogue Journal ........................................................ 80 Lesson Plans.............................................................................................. 81 Focus Group .............................................................................................. 82 Researcher Field Notes ............................................................................
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