Connecting Critical Thinking and Literacy
A mission to empower every individual to read critically and write well, whatever their vocation.
Founded by Emma Pauncefort
Critical Literacy Skills
86%
of us
believe that we need ...
A (mis)information challenge
100%
increase in
...
National curricula isn’t cutting it
of us
believe that we need uniquely human skills such as critical thinking and reasoning to safeguard our place in the C21st workforce.
increase in
organised social media manipulation by 70 countries in the past 2 years
National curricula isn’t cutting it
National curricula isn’t cutting it
98%
50%
>
30%
of children cannot
...
of teachers believe that
...
of teachers feel that
...
of children cannot
distinguish between a real or fake news item
of teachers believe that
the national curriculum does not equip children with the literacy skills they need
of teachers feel that
the critical literacy skills taught in schools are not transferable to the real world
Lack of support for educators
74%
of those interested in
...
of those interested in
media literacy are self-taught
How we’re bringing critical thinking to literacy:
2 simple steps
We've looked at education research models and methods and studied how to help individuals progress from 'lower order' to 'higher order' thinking skills, as outlined in Benjamin Bloom's Cognitive Taxonomy.
We're ensuring that anyone who engages with The Critical Literacy Project understands this model and its steps, in other words, we are incorporating metacognition in our practice.
We've devised a simple method which unpacks higher order thinking skills when looking at text/content, wherever it might feature. This involves knowing how to break up content into manageable elements and ask the right questions of these constituents. This research-based methodology runs through all our practice and experimentation.
We're linking disciplines and skills
We're working across sectors and international borders
Our Advisory board brings together experts from the primary, secondary and tertiary education sectors, media literacy, researchers in English and History and representatives from the field of interaction design.
"At a time when 'fake news' has become prevalent across the web and presents a worldwide threat, The Critical Literacy Project is of vital importance in supporting the development of critical reading skills in young people"
— Dr Cassie Gorman
Senior Lecturer in English Literature, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Anglia Ruskin University
We're on an exciting journey
We researched
our problem space
We wrote about
our mission
We're working to raise awareness, especially amongst young people,
of the challenges and opportunities they face
We're working to empower educators to develop critical literacy in their students through easily deployable resources in the classroom.
We're looking at how to harness commodified technologies in our work.
Supp rters and C llab rators
