Creating A News Literate Generation

Year 5 teacher Roz Porter Tibbey, from Grafton Primary School in London, explains how delivering the NewsWise programme has helped improve pupils’ critical literacy and engagement in the news. She shares her experience and the impact teaching critical thinking through fun and engaging lessons has had on her pupils.

We as teachers, are seeing children absorbing information from many different sources online. As the rise of digital and social media is transforming their experience of news, they have to be able to process material from a wider variety of sources than ever before. For many, the online world is a convenient and instantaneous source of information, but they aren’t often able to assess how reliable a story is, especially with the increasing presence of advertising and algorithms which have a big influence on the content they see on their newsfeeds and search results.

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Creative Teaching & Learning

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Digital Learning

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9 Oct 2020

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The Hives are set up this way to ensure that all members have a shared sense of direction and members do not disengage when collectively choosing team projects and defining their purpose.Within each Hive, there is a ‘Wisdom Team’ consisting of diverse individuals who have a specific mix of Emotional Drives who are purposefully chosen and arranged to create high-performance teams. Each Wisdom Team is composed of 5 students and each student has a role in developing and teaching the curriculum. Each student researches their portion of the IGCSE curriculum and works with teammates, coaches and clinics to organise it into a knowledge transfer plan. Each student then works with the team to ensure that everyone on the team is clear on the specific subjects that have been shared. Each Wisdom Team has a name, colours and a personal mission statement. 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Data gathering and analysis from outside of the education sectorGathering of data from organisations outside of the education sector;primarily through the Hay Group client baseReview of literature in this areaAnalysis of this data into key themes/good practicesPresentation and discussion of this analysis with NCSL2. Data gathering and analysis of practices within schools and LEAsGathering data from schools and LEAs through the NCSL e-newsletterDiscussions with all respondentsInterviews/visits with some respondentsAnalysis of data into key themes3. Preparation and discussion of reportPreparation of draft reportPresentation to NCSLDiscussion with a group from NCSL’s research associates networkRevisions to reportProduction of and presentation of final report to NCSLGrowing Tomorrow’s School Leaders © Hay Group 2006 page 72 of 78Appendix B: Three case studiesCase Study A: Financial Services Company (UK andEurope)The businessThe core business is financial service – life assurance, pensions andinvestment products. The UK and Europe operation employees about 8,000staff. The business has a stable history with a ‘talent-management system’ (thecompany’s preferred term) that is flexible enough to respond to a changingenvironment. 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Special Needs

Why can’t I find what I’m looking for?

16 Apr 2018