21st Century Skill: Critical Literacy

This is an example of how a teacher teach critical literacy in the classroom.

In the 21st Century Classroom, students need to learn about critical literacy. 

In order to disuse critical literacy, we must first understand what critical thinking is.  

Critical Thinking: Warnick and Inch, two famous communication scholars define critical thinking as “involving the ability to explore a problem, questions, or situation; integrate all the available information about it; arrive a solution or hypothesis; and justify ones’ position.” (1994, p.11). 

Another popular definition of critical thinking define it as the ability to examine assumptions, discerns hidden values, evaluate evidence, and assesses conclusion (Myers, 2003).

In order to be a critical thinker, students need to first understand their personal assumption toward a several of topic, the assumption of individual students may come from their family background or any privileges or disadvantages that students may bring to the classroom.

Critical literacy aim to educate students to think deeply about what they are learning in school and question what they are learning. 

Topic of social justice may be a huge area to cover in literacy, students need to understand the inequality and oppression that is happening in the world. Students not only need to understand what is going on in the world, a 21^st century learn also need to act on the problem and find solution to make the world a better place.

Education for social change | Artika R. Tyner | TEDxUniversityofStThomas

Critical Thinking and Reading

References:

Petress, K. (2004). Critical thinking: An extended definition. Education, 124(3), 461.

Myers, D.G., (2003). Exploring Psychology, 5th ed. New York: Worth, pp. xv, 11. 3

Warnick. B., and Inch.E. (1994). Critical Thinking and Communication, 2nd ed. New York: Macmillan, p. 11.