Fake news: improved critical literacy skills are key to telling fact from fiction.

Nowadays it is very common to use the internet to look for information or a topic. It is also well known that internet has a lot of sources full of information that may be give an answer to our questions, but... how do we know if that information in valid? how can we encorage students to investigate deeper and not to conform and trust on the fist thing they found or they heard?
In a country as Colombia it is very difficult to try to ban this problem; students are very lazy, most of them do not like reading, they do not like to investigate. As for me, schools should implement more classes for reading compehension, the should try to look for strategies so as to make learners feel love o at least like for reading, shools should encourage students to be informed about different topics, in this way they could develop a critical perspective and also they would give different responses, the could be able to participate on debates, using their knowledge to persuade and defend their points of view.

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  1. Jhon Jairo Losada Rivas13 de febrero de 2019 a las 12:30

    I totally agree with you. I also believe that devoting more time to helping students develop their reading skills might contribute positively to identifying fake news in any given context.
    Regards,
    Jhon Losada

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