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Critically reading about designer babies

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Learning Goal(s)
Identify biased information.
Learning Goal(s)
Consider the context in which the information was created.
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Potential Misinformation and Exploitable Learner Misconceptions

Some misconceptions might be what it means to engineer babies and whether it is legal or not. Since it is a quite controversial and advanced topic, the learners may have some misconceptions about the topic and lack an overview of how the current debate stands.

Lesson Plan Details:

Subject-Specific Learning Goals

Learners recognise the impact of the context of the written source.

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Activity 1

Duration45 minutesSuggested Social FormPair work

Activity Instruction

1. Examine the article by answering the following questions.

Currency

- When was the information published or posted?

Relevance

- Who is the intended audience?

Authority

- Who is the author/publisher/source/sponsor?

- What are the author's credentials or organizational affiliations?

- Is the author qualified to write on the topic?

- Is there contact information, such as a publisher or email address?

Accuracy

- Where does the information come from?

- Does the language or tone seem unbiased and free of emotion?

Purpose

- What is the purpose of the information? Is it to inform, teach, sell, entertain or persuade?

- Is the information fact, opinion or propaganda?

- Does the point of view appear objective and impartial?

Source for the CRAAP test used here: https://library.etbi.ie/sources2/craap

2. Discuss why it is useful to learn about the context of the article.

Student Output Form

Other

Sources & Materials
Material Sources

Yes

Resource Type

Yes

App

Other; Google