Research as authentic inquiry

MTV show 16 and Pregnant.

Made drama out of the actual events of life experience

A website where Young women can share anxieties about sexuality and pregnancy

The influence of this show on Mr Fisher to incorporate digital and media literacy

Shaping feminism through the media

Comprehensive sexual education based on abortion and sexual orientation

Honoring what students know

Helping students become critical interpreters of contemporary culture

Young people growing up in multiculturalism

Authentic conversation with students

Describing various TV shows

Exchanging ideas based on differences and similarities between their descriptions

Pair discussion and evaluation

Teaching contemporary drama

Development of interpersonal skills and problem-solving capabilites

Fundamental skills of acting, playwriting and directing

Connecting school, media and home through drama

Definition of drama that involves collaborative modes of production and reception

Performance

Enactment

Collaborative

Collective

Minipresentations of different TV shows

Different level of knowledge about these programs

Engagement of students into the eksson through their experiences with drama

Opening up or closing down discourse

Young people's willingness to discuss popular culture with adults

Successful creation of the lesson by Mr Fisher

Students' attitude to mass media, popular culture and digital media

Generating authentic questions

Questions about the number, manner of conducting, hiring employees, target audience, creators , playwrights and so forth

Gathering research information

Reviews of TV shows, movies, music and online sources

Media literacy and the practice of questioning assumptions: a history

An approach of sharpening focus on the practice of critical thinking

Multimedia literacy- texts of popular culture

Media- a medium of self- expressions

Cultural and political radicalism at school

Stimulus that supports writing and reading competencies

Development of reading skills through critical assessment

Modeling the research process.

Conducting preliminary research

Ineffective way of searching for information

Appreciation of quick and immediate access to information

Little utilization of advanced search facilities

Inefficient of students' search strategies

A solution to cut-and-paste plagiarism.

Digging deeper: what counts as knowledge

Reasons to copy and paste information for assignments without citations

Lack of confidence

Ease

Necessity

Peer pressure

Paraphrasing

Opportunities to practice these skills through copy and paste strategy

Summarizing

Paraphrasing

Direct quotation

Verification

Finding multiple sources

  1. Identifying author or purpose
  1. Examining the quality of evidence used

Problems

Context deficit

Unavailability of information