These are my notes from my second engagement as a guest lecturer at Brock University, St. Catharines.
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Critical Literacy
A picture says 1000 words, yes… but it may not always tell the truth.
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What is included under the title “text”? It is continually growing as technology (and thus communication) changes.
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0:30 – 3:14
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Critical literacy means to teach and learn with a consciousness of how messages embedded in text (even implicitly) construct and perpetuate identities of groups of people in society.
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0:00 – 5:11
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0:00 – 0:30, 3:12 – end
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The goal is not just to construct understanding, but to build agency out of that understanding ultimately for a transformative outcome.
YOU must continually challenge your own critical literacy skills, even (especially) as a teacher with limited experience.
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