Critical Literacy Slideshow
Published on Nov 18, 2015
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PRESENTATION OUTLINE
CRITICAL LITERACY
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GOALS
- Describe Critical Literacy
- The role of students and teachers within critical literacy
WHY THIS IS IMPORTANT
- This is a Ministry and Board initiative
- We want to teach children to think critically
CRITICAL LITERACY
STUDENTS TODAY EXPERIENCE A CONSTANT STREAM OF IDEAS AND...
Students today experience a constant stream of ideas and information through online, print, electronic games and mass media. As they get older students have an even wider range of texts.
We are looking at Critical Literacy to help students gain the skills to determine where to direct their attention and how to interpret and decipher messages and use them appropriately.
We want students to ask questions, to examine viewpoints (their own and others), to take a stand and become critical consumers and users of information.
We are looking at Critical Literacy to help students gain the skills to determine where to direct their attention and how to interpret and decipher messages and use them appropriately.
We want students to ask questions, to examine viewpoints (their own and others), to take a stand and become critical consumers and users of information.
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TO DETERMINE WHERE TO DIRECT THEIR ATTENTION AND...
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WE WANT STUDENTS TO ASK QUESTIONS,
TO EXAMINE VIEWPOINTS (THEIR OWN AND OTHERS)...
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2 MINUTE BRAINSTORMING
- What are some thoughts that quickly come to mind
- that describe Critical Literacy?
- Think about student and teacher roles.
- Use single words and small phrases
ACTIVITY
- Use your brainstorming ideas to fill your "tree diagram"
- What do think belongs on the roots, trunk, leaves, fruit?
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DISCUSSION:
WHAT ARE SOME SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES YOU COULD SEE?
