Metacognition and the Dangers of Fake News!
Description: Metacognition and the Dangers of Fake News! Welcome to assembly, year 9 The unexamined life is not worth living - Socrates Metacognition: a life skill! Critical thinking means evaluating our own thoughts and beliefs which is a form of
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slide1. Metacognition and the Dangers of Fake News! Welcome to assembly, year 9<br>
slide2. “The unexamined life is not worth living” - Socrates<br>
slide3. Metacognition: a life skill! Critical thinking means evaluating our own thoughts and beliefs which is a form of metacognition. Critical thinkers aim to use reason and empathy to reach logical conclusions and be aware of their own biases and possible mistakes. Critical thinkers (like Malala and Greta) want to improve the world in which they live!
Critical thinking and metacognition enables us to spot and criticise ‘fake news’: deliberate misinformation that can be dangerous. It helps make us less vulnerable to manipulation as we question the world in which we live.<br>
slide4. Fake news: events that are reported as facts but are deliberately wrong or misleading Pope endorses Trump as president?<br>
slide5. Fake news and social media There was recently a story circulating on Twitter that students were so upset by school closures in lockdown, they were breaking into their schools!
We also need to be aware of images shared on WhatsApp and question where they come from.<br>
slide6. Fake news and misinformation can cost lives! For example, conspiracy theories (beliefs in secret plots behind events) have been responsible for people deciding not to be vaccinated, not to social distance or follow other guidelines such as wearing face masks during the recent pandemic.
Fake news is sometimes also used to spread hateful narratives, creating racist or homophobic views, for example.
Just like in history, we ask ourselves how reliable a source is, a metacognitive approach will always involve asking if information is reliable and trustworthy. We want our learning to be accurate.<br>
slide7. Revision Stars! [Name of student] has been nominated by [name of teacher] for [using X strategy to improve in Y subject].<br>
slide2. “The unexamined life is not worth living” - Socrates<br>
slide3. Metacognition: a life skill! Critical thinking means evaluating our own thoughts and beliefs which is a form of metacognition. Critical thinkers aim to use reason and empathy to reach logical conclusions and be aware of their own biases and possible mistakes. Critical thinkers (like Malala and Greta) want to improve the world in which they live!
Critical thinking and metacognition enables us to spot and criticise ‘fake news’: deliberate misinformation that can be dangerous. It helps make us less vulnerable to manipulation as we question the world in which we live.<br>
slide4. Fake news: events that are reported as facts but are deliberately wrong or misleading Pope endorses Trump as president?<br>
slide5. Fake news and social media There was recently a story circulating on Twitter that students were so upset by school closures in lockdown, they were breaking into their schools!
We also need to be aware of images shared on WhatsApp and question where they come from.<br>
slide6. Fake news and misinformation can cost lives! For example, conspiracy theories (beliefs in secret plots behind events) have been responsible for people deciding not to be vaccinated, not to social distance or follow other guidelines such as wearing face masks during the recent pandemic.
Fake news is sometimes also used to spread hateful narratives, creating racist or homophobic views, for example.
Just like in history, we ask ourselves how reliable a source is, a metacognitive approach will always involve asking if information is reliable and trustworthy. We want our learning to be accurate.<br>
slide7. Revision Stars! [Name of student] has been nominated by [name of teacher] for [using X strategy to improve in Y subject].<br>