Hi.
Does anyone know of specific materials developed for teaching critical reading skills (either in K-12 or higher education) *through* reading Wikipedia?
I vaguely remember coming across some, but don't remember the details.
I'm thinking about things like "how to identify bias", "how to distill the argument from a paragraph", "what are weasel words", logical fallacies, etc.
Thanks,
A.
Ages 12 and under present a potential legal trap in the U.S., so I’d recommend using the CD version of Wikipedia for grades K-8.
Rob Schnautz
From: Asaf Bartov Sent: Saturday, May 31, 2014 1:16 PM To: Wikimedia Mailing List ; Wikimedia Education Subject: [Wikimedia Education] Teaching Critical Reading through Wikipedia
Hi.
Does anyone know of specific materials developed for teaching critical reading skills (either in K-12 or higher education) *through* reading Wikipedia?
I vaguely remember coming across some, but don't remember the details.
I'm thinking about things like "how to identify bias", "how to distill the argument from a paragraph", "what are weasel words", logical fallacies, etc.
Thanks,
A.
Hi Asaf,
On Sat, May 31, 2014 at 2:16 PM, Asaf Bartov abartov@wikimedia.org wrote:
I'm thinking about things like "how to identify bias", "how to distill the argument from a paragraph", "what are weasel words", logical fallacies, etc.
You may be looking for something more substantial or nuanced, but the Evaluating Wikipedia brochure may be a good place to start:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Evaluating_Wikipedia_brochure.pdf
Hope you find it useful!
Tighe
Thanks, Tighe.
I am of course aware of that booklet (but never hurts to remind other readers! :)), and yes, I am thinking of materials for a 5-10 session course, at least.
A.
On Sat, May 31, 2014 at 11:38 AM, Tighe Flanagan tflanagan@wikimedia.org wrote:
Hi Asaf,
On Sat, May 31, 2014 at 2:16 PM, Asaf Bartov abartov@wikimedia.org wrote:
I'm thinking about things like "how to identify bias", "how to distill the argument from a paragraph", "what are weasel words", logical fallacies, etc.
You may be looking for something more substantial or nuanced, but the Evaluating Wikipedia brochure may be a good place to start:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Evaluating_Wikipedia_brochure.pdf
Hope you find it useful!
Tighe
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Asaf In the material Celio Costa has been producing in Brazil approaches a bit of it, but I'd be also happy to engage in producing/customizing a more specific document on that. For years I work on critical reading of media and I see a lot in common between the critical media reading and Wikipedia's critical reading.
Oona Em 31/05/2014 15:38, "Tighe Flanagan" tflanagan@wikimedia.org escreveu:
Hi Asaf,
On Sat, May 31, 2014 at 2:16 PM, Asaf Bartov abartov@wikimedia.org wrote:
I'm thinking about things like "how to identify bias", "how to distill the argument from a paragraph", "what are weasel words", logical fallacies, etc.
You may be looking for something more substantial or nuanced, but the Evaluating Wikipedia brochure may be a good place to start:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Evaluating_Wikipedia_brochure.pdf
Hope you find it useful!
Tighe
Education mailing list Education@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/education
Asaf Bartov, 31/05/2014 20:16:
Does anyone know of specific materials developed for teaching critical reading skills (either in K-12 or higher education) *through* reading Wikipedia?
I vaguely remember coming across some, but don't remember the details.
I'm thinking about things like "how to identify bias", "how to distill the argument from a paragraph", "what are weasel words", logical fallacies, etc.
This is about 75 % of the focus of a typical short WMIT presentation in a school, we try to keep our material at http://wiki.wikimedia.it/wiki/Documenti_e_presentazioni
Nemo