How do you think we could empower our Colombian students to critically spot fake news?
The fake
news have taken a great strength with the arrival of globalization. Any person
with a spirit of sabotage, simply
diffuses a fact, exaggerating it, energizing the social networks, until it
becomes viral and without any veracity.
It is
inevitable to blame those who spread fake news, but to some extent it is also
the fault of the people who believe in that news without first making sure that
it is indeed reliable. It is when the role of the teacher is very important
from the early academic stages, but not only the teachers but also the parents.
They are responsible for making thinking not that basic, but in depth.
According to Stephen Brookfield, that is to say that people must move outside
of usual / typical mental frameworks, Generate perspectives and responses
unusual.
On the
teacher's side, there is a lot that can be done in the classroom. Being a
facilitator of learning, a guide for students, a person who directs them to
their own knowledge with doubt and the desire to go further, is more important
than a grade. The critical pedagogy addresses those issues, and according to
one of its main promoters Paulo Freire, who posited that the most important
thing is to give the individual the possibility of looking for what he really
wants to know. The freedom of decision on educational issues and the ability of
people to think divergently in order to change society and make the theory
being applied and not be that beautiful part that simply shines in the texts
and debates as an instrument of people who only have good a good speech.
To sum up,
thinking critically is a very useful mental tool. We need to be aware about
what going on is around us. We need to go beyond in order not to believe in
fake news, and specially we need to change our minds and recheck the
information we are given. Being a critical thinker is a process, but it is
required to be carried out continuously, and letting people know that a strong
mind is possible if we really aim to get it.
Hi!
ResponderBorrarI agree totally with you, we as a future teacher have to be facilitator and motivator for our students. It is necessary to create a learning environment, where the student's life will be the contents of learning, Consequently, we can teach according to their reality in this way and they can develop their critical thinking through their own reality.
critical in our work,