From Fake News to Racism: A Study of Change in a Reading Intervention Class

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dc.contributor.authorDelaney, Carol
dc.contributor.authorBacon, Heidi
dc.contributor.authorMatson, Sandra
dc.date.accessioned2022-04-04T13:24:41Z
dc.date.available2022-04-04T13:24:41Z
dc.date.issued2022-02
dc.description.abstractThis qualitative study investigated how teaching an historical unit through a critical lens might empower students to evaluate sources, challenge fake news, and make informed decisions. The reading intervention teacher in this study engaged secondary students in reading, discussing, and critiquing a series of multimodal historical texts. Grounded in a critical literacies framework, Shelly used “brave spaces” to stimulate discussion on issues of (in)equality, bias, and misinformation to challenge students’ perceptions and often (mis)conceptions of what constitutes propaganda and “fake news.” We describe how Shelly’s 6-week unit facilitated higher order thinking and students’ beliefs in their capacity to take action and make a difference. We elaborate the need for students to. be savvy, critical consumers of media, particularly in today’s sociopolitical climate where truth and alternative facts are frequently blurred.
dc.description.departmentCurriculum and Instruction
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dc.format.extent11 pages
dc.format.medium1 file (.pdf)
dc.identifier.citationDelaney, C. J., Bacon, H. R., & Matson, S. F. (2022). From fake news to racism: A study of change in a reading intervention class. Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy, 65(5), pp. 419-429.
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1002/jaal.1223
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10877/15593
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherJohn Wiley & Sons
dc.rights.licenseThis work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
dc.sourceJournal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 2022, Vol. 65, No. 5, pp. 419-429.
dc.subjectracism
dc.subjectfake news
dc.subjectreading intervention
dc.subjecteducation
dc.subjectsociopolitical climate
dc.subjectpropaganda
dc.subjectCurriclum and Instruction
dc.titleFrom Fake News to Racism: A Study of Change in a Reading Intervention Class
dc.typeArticle

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