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Corroboree, LLC conducts professional development programs in Media Literacy and Judicious Discipline.
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Media Literacy - We are hurled into a new communications age that is differentiated from the old by the speed, accuracy and amount of information being exchanged at any given moment in time. Just as the convergence of the technologies of block printing and the wine press spawned a new literacy movement, so too, the new communications media emerging from developments in computer, telephone, video and audio technologies demand the teaching and critical deliberation of new understandings, skills and strategies. The question needs to be asked, are we preparing our children for this new communications age? Media literacy must be addressed through education if we are to ensure that the "information society" is also a society of wisdom, knowledge and care.
Judicious Discipline - In a democratic society, America's youth need to learn to be responsible citizens:
- they need to acquire knowledge and skills for making moral and ethical decisions which reflect the values of our democratic society and the Constitution of the United States of America, and
- they need to develop a self-concept which gives them a sense of responsibility for their own actions and a feeling that they are valued as an individual and as a member of society.
Many schools throughout the United States are benefiting from implementing cognitive models of school discipline and classroom management. Such models are closely aligned with the work of William Glasser and Rudolf Dreikurs, and help students to accept responsibility for their own behavior and learning. This, in turn, helps to build students' self-esteem. Students feel better about themselves when they understand the rights and responsibilities of citizenship. As well, teachers who use Judicious Discipline report less work-related stress as a result of using these cognitive strategies for school and classroom discipline.