Partner meeting in Cyprus
At the end of May the SAFE partners met for the third project meeting in Nicosia, Cyprus. This time the focus was on the next steps in the development of workshops for older learners. In addition to the training for…
Tag media literacy
Age-sensitive didactics and learning needs of senior learners
In developing the training for trainers, it is important for us to recognise that when we talk about didactics for older people, older people are not a homogeneous group; there is no such thing as ‘the older person’. Therefore, we…
Critical Balance – How to Escape the Rabbit Hole: Real Conspiracies
Here is an another excerpt from our upcoming e-book for youth workers on critical thinking and conspiracy theories: Karl Popper is one the most famous theorists that have dealt with the subject of conspiracies. According to him, people often get…
Critical Balance – How to Escape the Rabbit Hole: Conspiracy Theories and Trust
Here is an excerpt from our upcoming e-book for youth workers on critical thinking and conspiracy theories: Conspiratorial thinking is all about mistrust – distrust in authorities, in mainstream media, in what “most people” think. If you are to help…
Critical Balance – The Critical Balance e-Book
Partners are busy working on the Critical balance e-book. The book will try to shed a light on the different aspects of why young people end up believing in conspiracy theories, and how to help them to get a more…
Further development of anti-fake news training programme in Athens
The second partner meeting in Athens in December gave SAFE partners the opportunity to work concretely on the further development of the Train-The-Trainer programme aimed to equip adult educators with the necessary skills to promote media literacy among older learners…
Critical Balance – Media Literacy Tools
The Critical Balance Conspiracy Map identified some tools for promoting media literacy among the youth. When it comes to digital learning, there are mobile apps, videos, interactive resources, and games There are also learning methodologies, such as critical thinking lessons becoming…
Critical Balance – Popular Conspiracy Theories Among Young People in Europe
The Critical Balance Conspiracy Map is now available. Have a sneak preview into the most popular conspiracy theories among young people in Europe: 9/11: Based on this tragedy, we can distinguish two versions: 1. Claims that they were not a…
Research on the awareness among senior learners of fake news
The project partners have completed the research phase. With the research they wanted to explore the situation in Germany, Austria, Slovenia, Italy, Cyprus and Greece in terms of what is being done in these countries to improve the general state…
Critical Balance – Learn about: The Truth in Times of Corona (Podcast)
The corona virus – deliberately brought into the world by Bill Gates? A staged plan to seize world domination? Or is it actually non-existent after all? On social media, these and other conspiracy theories are rapidly gaining momentum. Youtube videos…
Critical Balance – Learn about: Debunk – a project of the Amadeo Antinio Foundation
What constitutes conspiracy ideologies? How are conspiracy ideologies related to anti-Semitism? How do they spread in the lifeworld of young people and teachers? What can be done about it? Since January 2020, the Debunk project has been exploring these questions…
How can older people be enabled to recognise Fake News more easily?
The Erasmus+ project SAFE (Seniors Anti-Fake Education) will try to answer this question. The project aims to improve the skills of seniors (65+) to recognise fake news more easily. The project partners carried out a state of the art analysis,…
Critical Balance – Learn about: Hoaxmap – a webblog
Rumors about asylum seekers are increasingly being put into the world and spread virally in the last few years. The Hoaxmap was born out of the desire to bring order to the multitude of scattered rumors and to facilitate the…
Critical Balance – Learn about: Wibke wirre Welt
Wibke wirre Welt is an educational game created by the Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung. It takes the player to a video scenario, where he/she gets to manipulate the title character in becoming an ever-more extreme believer in conspiracy theories, while…
Critical Balance – Factchecking Sites in Germany
Most German media have nowadays launched their own factchecking services. Here are some of the main ones: CORRECTIV – Recherchen für die Gesellschaft Faktenchecks der Deutschen Presseagentur mimikama – Verein zur Aufklärung von Internetmissbrauch – The initiative…