Critical thinking and media literacy

Charlotte BARBIER

PHDs in Educational Sciences at Université de Paris, working on the way teachers concive critical thinking.

Master Research in Educational Sciences.

Bachelor on Language Didactic, Educational Sciences and Corean.

Why is critical thinking important ?

‘Critical thinking is a reasonable and reflective thinking focused on deciding what to believe or do’.

There is two understandings of the notion :

1/ goal of science education, link with scientific approach while distancing yourself from your own conceptions, how do we know what we know ?

2/ link with social concerns, you need to develop your curiosity, question, be flexible, open and show humility.

Thinking criticaly is not easy !

How can it relate to media literacy ?

Media literacy is the ability to access, analyse, evaluate and create media.

We spend a huge amount of time consuming media : how can we judge the reliability of an information ?

‘True neutrality does not exist but objectivity does’.

‘An opinion is not a fact’.

How can we apply critical thinking to ourselves ?