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Beyond Fact-Checking: How to Teach Media Literacy

Mar 8, 2022

5:00pm – 6:00pm CT

Recording: Beyond Fact-Checking: How to Teach Media Literacy, Mar 8, 2022

Misinformation, biased news, and social media have badly distorted public discourse. While teaching journalistic skills like fact-checking is useful, students also need to learn how to reckon with ambiguity, develop nuanced arguments, and analyze other viewpoints. True media literacy depends on critical thinking. This panel will discuss current research on teaching critical thinking, how these skills can be applied to media analysis, and how to support teachers’ critical thinking instruction.

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Michelle Ciulla Lipkin

National Association of Media Literacy Education

Helen Lee Bouygues

Reboot Foundation

Kayla Meyers

The Well-Trained Mind Academy