Critical need for Critical Literacy
Thinking about weaving the ideas contained in this article into my literacy lessons with the view to encourage deeper questioning and making text-self text-world connections. Thinking about whether the news is trustworthy does provide scope for teaching in multi-modal means, as well as an opportunity to think deeply and critically.
I came across this reading, which is somewhat tangential, but it prompted some thoughts for me about crossing boundaries in the learning process. We refer to this as getting out of 'The Pit' in our School.
One of my takeaways is:
'In the literature about boundary crossing and boundary objects, Akkerman and
Bakker (2011) discern four learning mechanisms, one of them being transformation.
Transformation involves confrontation and continuous work which leads to profound
changes in practices where in-between, or boundary, practices may be created. They see
hybridization, where “ingredients from different contexts are combined into something
new and unfamiliar”, as one of the processes involved in transformation.
When practices cross boundaries and engage in a creative process, something hybrid
emerges.' - Godhe and Lindstrom 2014.
Creating multimodal texts could be the creative process where the boundary is crossed, meaning engagement spills over into print-based texts as well.
