Creating a critical culture to cultivate students' critical thinking: a case study of a media literacy course in Japan. (15th March 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Zhang, Xiaohong; Kubota, Kenichi; Kubota, Mayumi
• Is Part Of: International journal of innovation and learning. Volume 31:Number 3(2022)
• Page Start: 369
• Page End: 384
• Publication Date: 2022-03-15
• Subjects: 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; Knowledge management -- Periodicals; Learning -- Periodicals; Diffusion of innovations -- Periodicals; 006.33
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1471-8197

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.