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Stimulating Critical Literacy Consciousness

, 2017
This story from the field recounts how, after being an educator for over ten years, I became aware that I had been responsible for misrepresenting information to my first-grade students. This difficult realization shook me to the core, but it also became
Hastings, Kathryn S.
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Critical thinking and systems thinking: towards a critical literacy for systems thinking in practice [PDF]

, 2011
About the book: In reflective problem solving and thoughtful decision making using critical thinking one considers evidence, the context of judgment, the relevant criteria for making the judgment well, the applicable methods or techniques for forming ...
Reynolds, Martin
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Lost in aggregation? On the importance of local food price data for food poverty estimates

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper explores within‐country variations in food price dynamics and food poverty estimates by employing local market price data and national consumer price index (CPI) data. Our results show that national CPI data may be useful for approximating national trends but they fail to detect and identify spatial variations in local trends, which
Stephan Dietrich, Valerio Giuffrida, Bruno Martorano, Georg Schmerzeck, Marco Tiberti   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Correlational between: Biological literacy and metacognitive abilities with critical thinking in junior high school students

JPBI (Jurnal Pendidikan Biologi Indonesia)
Facing the 21st century which is an educational challenge requires schools to be able to produce students who have biological literacy skills, metacognitive skills and critical thinking skills.
N. Najmah, R. Rusdi, Rizhal Hendi Ristanto   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Medical Information Literacy and the Quality of the Medical Services. [PDF]

, 2007
Information Literacy is the library operation which makes the library user able to search, retrieve, evaluate, select and use the information resources.
Katsirikou, Anthi
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The five resources of critical digital literacy: a framework for curriculum integration [PDF]

, 2013
This article sets out a framework for a critical digital literacy curriculum derived from the four resources, or reader roles, model of critical literacy developed by Luke and Freebody (1990).
Coombs, Antony, Hinrichsen, Juliet
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Transition From Primary to Secondary School: Igniting Attendance and Engagement Among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Students Through National Policy Reform

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Australia's Closing the Gap reform aims to address disparities experienced by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. There are specific targets focussed on key educational transitions; yet, the transition to secondary education is not a targeted priority.
Azhar Hussain Potia, Kai W. Wheeler, Tracy Woodroffe, Karen Thorpe   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Exploring the Factors That Influence K-12 Teachers’ Use of Open Educational Resources

Education Sciences
The features of open educational resources (OERs) have the potential of enhancing teaching effectiveness and student learning experiences in K-12 education.
Yu-Chun Kuo, Yu-Tung Kuo, Hungwei Tseng
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A critical focus on digital literacies [PDF]

, 2015
Developing students’ digital literacies for living and working in 21st century is a global issue (Lee 2014). In the UK there have been calls for a greater focus on digital literacy in higher education from the QAA (2014), NUS (n.d.) and House of Lords ...
Bennett, Elizabeth
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Spiritual Literacy: a New Concept for a New Reality

, 2006
The idea of literacy is prevalent in today’s society, especially among librarians.There is much discussion of technological literacy and the digital divide.
Smith, Felicia A.
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