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CPD activity: Presenting positive images through promoting critical
thinking
From the CPD activities online resource
Learning intention:
To develop the ability to think, listen and read critically.
Activity:
This idea is adapted from Issues in Race and Education no.
44, Spring 1985, published by the Association of London Teachers
Against Racism and Fascism (ALTARF). Called 'Book Look',
it is still useful in classrooms today. The original idea was to
have a slip of paper to put into any book that pupils felt was racist
or sexist. For Global Citizenship purposes we have renamed it 'Bias
Alert!' and added notes on other forms of bias. To modernise
the activity, we have made the form appropriate for assessing any
paper or electronic resource.
1. Give out a selection of resources to each group (book, CDROM,
newspaper cutting) and/or enable access to a website. To enable
pupils to practice looking for bias ensure that some resources contain
clear examples.
2. Give out a Bias Alert! worksheet
and the notes on different biases
to each group of participants.
3. Ask the group to look at the resources, and complete their form
giving reasons for concern - these comments are a warning to others
(who may or may not agree).
4. Discuss the findings as a whole group, and decide whether the
idea would be useful in the school, either as it is presented here
or in modified form.
Note: Although we have suggested this as an in-service session,
it is really intended for pupils to do. If your school decides to
introduce such a scheme, further work with pupils on critical reading
and bias detection would be necessary beforehand.
From the CPD activities online resource
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