Critical Literacy
Critical literacy places emphasis on understanding how to identify issues, gain a context for the arguments surrounding an issue, and move through information as intelligent selectors of evidence in order to dialogue, debate, and propose change.
From cereal advertisements on television to opinions from friends, young people are bombarded with information and perspectives. To become good decisionmakers, students need to be able to think critically.
Read Key Word: Creative Literacy in THE BLUE BOOK by Callison and Preddy, 354-362.