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2026
Thursday 5th November 1.00 PM AEDT
ALA webinar: Critical Literacy in the Age of Rage
Presented by Dr Sally Thompson
In the early 1990s the late Peter Freebody and Allan Luke developed the four resources model of literacy to reconcile debates between proponents of whole language, phonics and critical literacy. Freebody and Luke saw the ability to identify the agents embedded in texts and their intentions as just as much a part of being literate, as the ability to decode or comprehend a text. While the decoding and comprehending elements of literacy are well supported by public policy and practice, support for critical literacy pedagogy arguably receives less attention.
Following Freebody’s recent passing, this webinar will revisit critical literacy in the age of AI generated fake news, algorithm driven content bubbles and manufactured outrage. It will explore how curiosity, questioning and critical inquiry can be fostered across literacy, numeracy and ESOL contexts.
