The Centre for Child Development Research of HKBU publishes the textbook "Education of Journalism "Reading" in the Digital Age", and launches the interactive learning mobile app "Zhi Lai News Junior" to educate secondary school students on the basic concepts of news literacy, such as news value, social media Textbooks for identifying false information, discerning thinking in news, and privacy protection will be sent to middle schools in September, and news literacy education will be promoted to junior high school students in the new school year.
The project led by Gu Yili (left) produced textbooks and a mobile app to nurture journalism literacy among secondary school students.
On the right is Cai Yian, the project director of the Child Development Research Center and the main author of the textbook.
(Provided by HKBU)
HKBU said that the set of textbooks, through a series of real cases and interactive exercises, injects the positive impact of news literacy training into secondary education, and helps teachers and students acquire the skills needed to navigate and control information in a complex news and digital environment. Access to news information.
The project team has also developed a mobile learning application "Zhilu News Junior" to stimulate students' awareness and interest in learning journalism literacy. The application uses 5 related animated short videos, quizzes and questionnaires and other interactive activities.
Gu Yili, associate professor of the Department of Education at HKBU who led the team, said that technology has greatly changed the way citizens receive news and information. In the flood of information in the digital age, the skills students have learned will help them develop a good habit of receiving news and information. For example identifying fake news on social media.
The textbook and mobile app are part of the interdisciplinary project "Promoting Positive Interaction between Hong Kong Junior Secondary School Students and News - "Journalism Literacy Education in the Digital Age". The project is funded by the Quality Education Fund and launched in 2019 for a period of three years. year.
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