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“She suggests teaching critical thinking by applying it to the study of media literacy.” (nb5619, 2010)
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Although, I believe that critical thinking can be applied through teaching media literacy. However, I don’t think that media literacy is the only thing that can be used to improve critical thinking skills. I had a class in college that taught me how to critically examine texts in literature. I do believe that critical thinking would be easier to teach with media literacy, rather than critiquing an essay or story, because students are more conscious of media outlets than they are reading texts. Also, I love the five media literacy questions Summers suggests with teaching critical thinking skills.
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nb5619. (2010, October 25). Learn critical thinking through media literacy education [Web log message]. Retrieved from http://medialiteracycolloquium.wordpress.com/2010/10/25/learn-critical-thinking-through-media-literacy-education/
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In this resource, it talks about some obscure pictures that can produce emotions, and relates it to how the media uses imagery and literature to produce feelings, whether positive or negative, in an individual or group of individuals. Also, it gives worksheets to teachers who would like to do an activity on media literacy to promote critical thinking skills.
Worsnop, C. M. (1989). Media literacy through critical thinking. Ontario: Queen’s Printer.Retrieved from http://depts.washington.edu/nwmedia/sections/nw_center/curriculum_docs/stud_combine.pdf
Critical thinking skills can easily be taught in any subject using a variety of resources. But I agree that media literacy is a great way to teach these skills. So why not incorporate them into the curriculum if they accomplish more than one goal?
ReplyDeleteGreat post. I agree that it would be easier to teach critical thinking skills with media literacy. Its seems to be something that children are more comfortable and familiar with from seeing everyday.
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