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The Mentieth century has seen an unprecedented expansion in new media 0' communication and expression, from cinema to satellite television. The need to educate all children to understand and analyse the media critically, and to be able to use media technoiogies for their own messages, is going to be a crucial issue for schooling in the twenty-iirst century. This fact is beginning to influence educational policy in many countries.

NEW DIRECTIONS: Media Education Worldwide is the first book to combine accounts of media education practice, policy and theory from every region of the world. Drawing upon a maior international conference held in Toulouse, France, in 1990, this book includes detailed accounts by teachers, researchers,'proiect leaders and media professionals, of their work with children in schools and educational proiects. It provides challenging new formulations of the key issues in media education: training, pedagogy, resources, evaluation and the meaning of 'Iiteracy'.