ABSTRACT

Today’s media generally depicts negative or biased images of multicultural or ethnic groups based on certain symbols and semantics. Given these characteristics, it is important to provide an educational experience in which adolescents critically reflect on how the media presents distorted images of ethnic groups, especially migrants. Thus, the present study used a media criticism-based approach for designing critical multicultural instruction in social studies curricula. In the sample lesson plans, the cultivation of critical multicultural citizenship is presented as one of the instructional goals, after which the problems and issues regarding how the media depicts ethnic groups are discussed. Next, exploratory activities are conducted wherein the students analyse, interpret and critically evaluate various media texts. It is hoped that this study can be used as a reference for schools aiming to foster students’ ability to critically analyse media texts, especially those that present ethnic groups in a negative light.

摘要

当今的媒体通常根据某些符号和语义描述多元文化或种族群体的负面或有偏见的形象。鉴于这些特点，重要的是提供一种教育体验，让青少年批判性地反思媒体如何呈现种族群体，尤其是移民的扭曲形象。因此，本研究使用基于媒体批评的方法来设计社会研究课程中的批判性多元文化教学。在示例教案中，批判性多元文化公民的培养被列为教学目标之一，之后讨论了有关媒体如何描绘种族群体的问题和议题。接下来，进行探索性活动，学生分析、解释和批判性地评估各种媒体文本。