SAMPLE WORKS BY ANNE SHAW

What is 21st Century Education?

Critical Pedagogy - The Philosophical Foundations

The Colonias of Texas - The Media and Social Change:  an Example of Critical Pedagogy  -  (under construction)

Critical Pedagogy -  what is it?

Superheroes as a Curricular Theme  -  The theme of Superheroes can be combined with media studies to create a curriculum that will:  1)  Motivate students,  2) Teach many valuable media literacy skills - Media Analysis, Media Critique and Media Production, 3) Raise standardized test scores, 4) Meet all the requirements of the State and National Standards for any and all subjects, 5)  Teach values and 6)  Provide inspiration and hope.  

Batman and Robin to the Rescue - Media Culture, Superheroes and Education  - this is an article which I began writing in late July 2002.  At this point, only the Introduction is online, but the article will continue with sections on how popular media culture can be brought into the curriculum.  

The Purpose of Education - Critical Pedagogy for a Democratic Society

Possibilities and Hope

Designing a Curriculum - Curriculum Theory and Critical Pedagogy in the 21st Century

Instructional Theory, Critical Pedagogy for the New Millennium  -  (developing article)

Examples of Curriculum Units I have designed:

Money - a first graders unit for Financial Literacy!

Our Community and the Environment - a Critical Inquiry

Kingdom Animalia - a study of the Biomes of Planet Earth

Civil Rights Unit -  An Interdisciplinary, Multicultural Exploration of the evolution of Civil Rights in the United States