Interested in exploring how you can help students sharpen their digital literacy skills and empower them to tackle disinformation?
The European Commission, together with a group of experts, have developed guidelines for primary and secondary teachers and educators to help young people thrive in the digital world.
What are the guidelines?
A flagship initiative of the Digital Education Action Plan (2021-2027), the guidelines support teachers and educators in addressing the pressing topics of disinformation and digital literacy in the classroom. The guidelines will ensure that young people are equipped with the skills and competences to live and thrive in the digital age in four ways:
? Generating broader understanding of digital literacy achieved through education and training.
? Promoting responsible and safe use of digital technologies.
? Fostering better public awareness and knowledge regarding disinformation.
? Providing insights into how students can be assessed regarding their digital literacy competences.
Who are they for?
The guidelines are targeted at ???????? teachers and educators in primary and secondary levels of education, with some or no prior experience with digital literacy or disinformation.
Why is action needed?
According to Eurobarometer:
? 70% of Europeans share that they oſten come across news that they believe misrepresent reality or are even false.
? 8/10 respondents think that the existence of fake news is a problem in their country (78%) and for democracy in general (81%).
Meanwhile, the time children spend online almost doubled between 2010 and 2020 in many countries. A majority of children use their smartphones ‘daily’ or ‘almost all the time’.
? Little over half of 15-year-olds in the EU reported being taught how to detect whether information is subjective or biased.
? 41% of young people across Europe think that critical thinking, media literacy and democracy are not taught sufficiently at school as shown in Eurobarometer data.
? 1/3 of 13-14 year olds were shown to be underperforming in the results from International Computer and Information Literacy Study (ICILS) from 2018.
You can find HERE the Guidelines for teachers and educators on tackling disinformation and promoting digital literacy through education and training.
Related links:
Video: https://audiovisual.ec.europa.eu/en/video/I-231292
Short article on the Guidelines launch on the European Education Area Portal;
Digital Education Action Plan (2021-2027)
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