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Developing critical thinking to meet the requirement of 21st-century literacies and participatory democracy is of high significance. In this regard, the author rightly draws the attention towards the benefits of the critical approach. It opens up the ways to further research on literacy ideas and current literacy practices (Gainer 14, para 2). The participatory democracy is people oriented. Therefore, students go through literacies and make a comprehensive analysis as to how these are represented using different modes. In this way, students develop an ability to use their own understanding as a counter-narrative to what actually is presented through mainstream ideology.
Open minded and energetic people from the society can develop their thinking critically, they can take their own stance on critical issues. The journal emphasizes on teaching new literacies irrespective of gender, color, race and linguistic diversification. Author fancies a situation where a student scores good grades and at the same time shows commitment to work for community effectively. The author deems it as a matter of pride. Also, the curriculum that is based on multi-culture is often discussed in terms of motivating and helping society (Gainer 15). The literacy teaching that is fully supported on cultural and linguistic bases builds a platform that fulfills the objective of school and out of school literacies.
Finally, the author wants to see the critical and free thinkers whose opinions are based on their own approach excluding the ideology presented by the mainstream. The students need to utilize their ability of critical thinking using different modes. Basically, in this century the world has truly transformed into a global village and there are multiple ways of deriving information. Therefore, nothing should be influencing the minds of people rather they should be able to think in their own way considering the reality and develop the approach that leads to the healthy society. In this regard, people should share their ideas with like-minded people so that the importance of critical thinking can further be stressed upon. This shows that critical thinking is a foundation for digital literacies and democracy.
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Works Cited
Gainer, Jesse. “Critical thinking: Foundational for digital literacies and democracy.” Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy 56.1 (2012): 14-17.
