Effectiveness Of Educational Approaches To Elementary School Pupils (11 Or 12 Years Old) To Combat Fake News
Effectiveness Of Educational Approaches To Elementary School Pupils (11 Or 12 Years Old) To Combat Fake News
Author(s): Jos van HelvoortSubject(s): Social Sciences, Education, Media studies, Communication studies
Published by: Univerzita sv. Cyrila a Metoda v Trnave, Fakulta masmediálnej komunikácie
Keywords: Media education;News literacy;Primary education;Literature review
Summary/Abstract: The purpose of this literature study is to obtain information about educational approaches toteaching 11 to 12 years old children focusing on how to distinguish between real news and fake news. With this purpose we studied 16 academic papers about learning activities to make primary school children media-literate and able to recognise fake news. What we found is that having children create their own news messages seems to be the most effective approach.News messages that they create can be text messages as well as videos, audios, pictures and animations. Based on this conclusion, students from The Hague University of Applied SciencesTeacher Training Institute (PABO) have been asked to develop a set of learning materials that can be used for instruction in primary schools. The effectiveness of those materials is currently being tested at an elementary school in Rijswijk. The results of the literature and the field study will be shared in the Dutch centre of expertise for media literacy education, Mediawijzer.net.
Journal: Media Literacy and Academic Research
- Issue Year: 3/2020
- Issue No: 2
- Page Range: 38-47
- Page Count: 10
- Language: English
