Literacy today is about more than reading words. It is also about understanding the information around us. Asking where it comes from, what evidence supports it, what may be missing and how we can check what we are being told.
For International Literacy Day, we are revisiting four DevelopmentEducation.ie resources that can support critical thinking, media literacy and global citizenship learning.
Facts Matter
A practical guide for adult literacy and adult education practitioners, with lessons and activities designed to build confidence in critical thinking, media and digital literacy. It includes 10 lessons, 30 activities, 19 handouts and 14 worksheets.
Questions Matter
A learner-friendly magazine with nine exercises and practical tools for checking sources, fact-checking information and building media literacy confidence.
Critical Thinking for Global Citizenship Education
An open-access resource connecting critical-thinking theory with GCE practice, including research-informed approaches and suggested teaching methodologies.
Health misinformation
A useful case study for exploring how misinformation spreads, why uncertainty makes it harder to evaluate information and how clear, trusted communication can help.
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