RCI-05857 · Critical Reading

Critical Reading — Educator / Community Leader Advanced Creative Challenge · Club / Workshop

Question claims, compare viewpoints and evaluate evidence with increasing independence. This version is designed for adults supporting readers at advanced level through social, activity-rich workshop learning.

Educator / Community LeaderAdvancedClub / WorkshopCreative Challenge5 learning hours
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outcomescourse journeyprogression

What you should be able to do

  • Develop secure source evaluation with sophisticated analysis and control.
  • Develop increasingly independent argument analysis with sophisticated analysis and control.
  • Develop applied bias awareness with sophisticated analysis and control.
  • Develop confident evidence quality with sophisticated analysis and control.
  • Apply Critical Reading skills through playful creation appropriate to adults supporting readers.
  • Reflect on progress, explain strategies used and identify a clear next step.

Course journey

Unit 1 · Question the ClaimFocus: source evaluation

Learn, practise, apply and reflect through activities adapted to adults supporting readers.

Unit 2 · Compare ViewpointsFocus: argument analysis

Learn, practise, apply and reflect through activities adapted to adults supporting readers.

Unit 3 · Check the EvidenceFocus: bias awareness

Learn, practise, apply and reflect through activities adapted to adults supporting readers.

Unit 4 · Build a JudgementFocus: evidence quality

Learn, practise, apply and reflect through activities adapted to adults supporting readers.

How learning is evidenced

Practice evidence

Short activities, reading responses, writing tasks, discussion or applied practice depending on the pathway.

Completion task

A final age- and level-appropriate task demonstrating the key course outcomes. Successful completion can generate an RCI certificate of completion; it is not presented as a regulated qualification.

Who this pathway is for

This pathway is designed for Educator / Community Leader learners (adults supporting readers) who want to develop source evaluation, argument analysis, bias awareness, evidence quality at Advanced level.

Progression

After completion, learners can move into a higher-level pathway within Critical Reading, apply the skill in another literacy domain, join a Reading Ambassador pathway, or continue through the Reading Passport and Literacy App.

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