Teaching Critical Thinking through Media Literacy

Autor/in	Sperry, Chris
Titel	Teaching Critical Thinking through Media Literacy
Quelle	In: Science Scope, 35 (2012) 9, S.56-60 (5 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0887-2376
Schlagwörter	Media Literacy; Science Teachers; Critical Thinking; Science Curriculum; Relevance (Education); Science Instruction; Librarians; Secondary School Science; Thinking Skills; Constructivism (Learning); New York + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Media skills; Medie competence; Medienkompetenz; Science; Teacher; Teachers; Science teacher; Wissenschaft; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Kritisches Denken; Relevance; Relevanz; Teaching of science; Science education; Natural sciences Lessons; Naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht; Librarian; Bibliothekar; Bibliothekarin; Denkfähigkeit
Abstract	Today more than ever, students want their school experience to be relevant. They live and learn in a media-saturated environment where information abounds, but wisdom is often lacking. Teachers must tie their science curricula to students' real-life experiences: When their students see the utility of scientific thought and reason in helping them make sense of their world, then classrooms will be truly relevant. The author had the opportunity to work with teams of librarians and science teachers throughout upstate New York in the 2010-11 school year to develop lessons and units that integrate critical thinking and media literacy into the secondary science curriculum. In this article, the author introduces many of the engaging media-literacy lessons these educators developed, piloted, and evaluated, and synthesize from their approaches the most salient opportunities for integrating 21st-century skills into the core science curriculum. (Contains 4 online resources.) (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10