Creating a critical culture to cultivate students' critical thinking: a case study of a media literacy course in Japan

Xiaohong Zhang, Kenichi Kubota and Mayumi Kubota

International Journal of Innovation and Learning, 2022, vol. 31, issue 3, 369-384

Abstract: The purpose of this study was to examine whether students critically thought about media and how a critical culture influences students' critical thinking in a media literacy course. This research used a media literacy course at a Japanese university as a case study. The authors collected data by participant observation. As a result, the authors found that: 1) the cycle, of thinking activities in the classroom, discussion on LMS and reflection activities, created a critical culture in a blended learning environment during one semester; 2) students improved their critical thinking through extensive experiences of media analysis and production; 3) five factors were important to cultivate students' critical thinking in the critical culture.

Keywords: critical thinking skill; CTS; critical thinking disposition; CTD; critical culture; active learning; media literacy; blended learning environment; higher education in Japan; course design; online discussion; case study; participant observation; Japan. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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