The collaborative, workshop-oriented research (2020-2021) is designed to help parents help their 10-13 year old children develop critical media literacy (CML) skills. The research is being carried out through a series of workshops on CML, based on parental need and interest, while many parents are supporting their children learning online.  This work is funded through the SSHRC Partnership Engage Grant.

Project Leads: Dr. Diane Collier and Dr. Tiffany Gallagher

Downes, T., Di Cesare, D.M., Gallagher, T. L., & Rowsell, J. (2020). Parents’ beliefs about and associations to their elementary children’s home technology usage. Education and Information Technologies, 1-18.

Collier, D. & Gallagher, T. (2020). Blogging in elementary classrooms: Mentoring teacher candidates to use formative writing assessment   and connect theory to practice. Journal of Writing Teacher Education, 9(2), 1-28.

Gallagher, T.L., Di Cesare, D., & Rowsell, J. (2019). Stories of digital lives and digital divides: Newcomer families and their thoughts on digital literacy. The Reading Teacher, 72(6), 774-778. https://doi.org/10.1002/trtr.1794

Gallagher, T.L., Di Cesare, D., & Rowsell, J. (2018). Preliminary research report for the Niagara Catholic District School Board: Engaging parents to support their children’s 21st century learning skills (PRO Grant #30041812). Brock University, Faculty of Education.