Volume 61, Number 02, 2025
IDIOM NO.61
Reading sideways: Critical media literacy in the English classroom
With the sheer volume and speed of information online, critical media literacy is an essential skill of the 21st century. This edition of Idiom is a response to this urgent need for greater media literacy and explores the particular role of subject English in developing critical media literacy skills in our young people.
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Reading sideways: Critical media literacy in the English classroom
What is Idiom?
Idiom is the journal of the Victorian Association for the Teaching of English and is published online two times a year. Idiom provides an important space for members of the VATE community to share insights, expertise, experiences and practical advice for the benefit of our English teaching colleagues and to help foster professional dialogue and development. Contributions and editorial correspondence should be sent to the Managing Editor, Josephine Smith: idiom@vate.org.au.
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