Episode 6 - Strategies for Supporting Children’s Learning Through Media

In this episode, host and project PI Ed Greene asks Dr. Fashina Aladé about media creation and production strategies that can help children identify with and learn from the characters and stories they encounter in TV shows and other popular formats. Dr. Aladé also mentions several individuals and organizations that are contributing to child-centered climate change solutions:

• Common Sense Media – an organization whose efforts to identify high-quality media content for children includes a list of “Movies that Teach Kids about Climate Change.” 
• “Media and Technology for Our Littlest Learners: Guidance for Educators and Families on Choosing Appropriate High-Quality Content” – An article by Fashina that explores different ways early childhood educators can help shape children’s screen habits and guide them toward healthy media habits and media literacy.
• The Authentically Inclusive Representation (AIR) Report – A report from the Center for Scholars and Storytellers that identifies methods for producing media content that exhibits “true diversity.”
• “Who’s Modeling STEM for Kids? A Character Analysis of Children’s STEM-focused Television in the US” – An article of Fashina’s (written with Alexis Lauricella, Yannik Kumar, and Ellen Wartella) that looks at gender and race representation in children’s TV shows featuring educational STEM content.