Abstract:

In our era, due to scientific advances and technological developments, modern people are subjected to an intense messaging bombing in front of the mainstream media and social media. In this sense, it becomes more difficult for individuals to reach the right outcomes and to reach the healthy judgments every day. In the face of this situation, the media reading course at the high school level is of great importance in the name of teaching critical thinking to modern individuals. The 7. In terms of the teaching of critical thinking in order to success in PISA, an international exam applied to students on class and higher levels, the value of the Media Reading course is increasing from day to day. 7 and 8. The Teaching Program of the Media Reading Course, which is taught as an optional course at class levels, was updated in 2018 and from the 2018-2019 academic year the courses have begun to be carried out in accordance with the objective achievements of this program. In this study, the 2018 High School Media Reading Course curriculum has been discussed in the context of critical thinking and evaluated in the context of the basic elements of critical thinking, such as persuasion techniques, propaganda methods, questioning skills. The method of document examination was used in the projected study in the quality research model.