This book argues for dynamic and relevant school experiences for primary and early secondary
learners that embed digital media production. It proposes a vision of literacy that combines
new technologies with multiple modes of meaning-making. Drawing on theories related to cultural
studies media literacy anthropology and creativity the author explores learning strategies
with digital media based on an empowering values-driven framework. The book advances
innovative teaching methods critiquing educational 'reforms' that marginalise media and fail
to engage with the complex tensions and textures of modern pedagogy. Positioning film and
media-making as vital practices in schools that nurture the skills dispositions and
competencies of modern literacy the model foregrounds connections between human agency
cognition and creative practice. This innovative book will appeal to students and scholars of
creativity digital media production primary education and literacy.
