Embed media literacy across disciplines from early education and position AI tools as cognitive scaffolds¶

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Description¶

The article's recommendations section proposes pedagogical and policy strategies following the study's findings. It recommends that "Media literacy should be holistically embedded into existing curricula starting from early education, not as a stand-alone subject but as a cross-disciplinary theme encompassing information verification, ethical reasoning, and digital rights awareness." It further recommends positioning AI platforms such as ChatGPT, Canva AI, and Grammarly as cognitive scaffolds fostering critical inquiry, creativity, and student agency, restructuring teacher training to include digital pedagogy and AI integration, grounding content in real-life age-appropriate scenarios, and aligning with frameworks such as the ISTE Student Standards.

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

• Teacher professional development restructured to include modules on digital pedagogy and AI integration

Constraints¶

• Disparities in digital infrastructure and access could present challenges for scalability in under-resourced settings, per the article's limitations

Target Learners¶

• elementary school students
• classroom teachers and educators

Target Learning Goals¶

• information verification
• ethical reasoning
• digital rights awareness
• critical media participation

Related Strategies¶

• Embed SRL-oriented AIGC pedagogy: prompt-and-reflect routines, verification rubrics, and feedback literacy
• Embed verification routines and cognitive forcing functions into AI-supported learning tasks

Examples¶

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Key Sources¶

• Demir, R., & Akar, C. (2025). Transforming Clicks into Critical Thinking: An AI-Based Media Literacy Program for Children. https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-6786882/v1