Abstract

In this thesis research, I made an art lesson model using a critical pedagogical approach of three steps: naming, reflecting critically and acting. I used my art making process as an example of this approach. The problem that I named is that the messages on TV are not beneficial for children. I have made artwork portraying the unbalanced messages about violence and sexual relationships presented to children; I used the images from Youth Television (YTV), a cable channel in Canada. Self-reflection on my TV viewing habits and researches about children's TV made me realize the deep effects of materialism behind those stimulating images. In this lesson plan, through the research and the self-examination concerning this social problem, the students are encouraged to reflect on their experience about the values of society. Teachers with critical pedagogy will be essential, as guides, to help each student to find their own voice within a flood of messages of society.