QYourself is a media and information literacy project that aims to transfer basic journalistic tools and knowledge to teachers in different educational contexts to fight disinformation. Our educational resources have been designed collaboratively between trainers, university researchers and fact-checkers, so that teachers can integrate journalism techniques into their regular classes in a simple way.
The project incorporates a strategic alliance between two areas of knowledge that are fundamental and complementary in facing the challenge posed by disinformation: Journalism, which proposes what theoretical and practical notions can be useful in dealing with it, and Education, which deals with how to implement that knowledge in the classroom.
The contents have been selected after having reviewed and adapted the university training of the Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism. With these materials, teachers will be able to reflect with their students on the need to verify the information we receive in our daily lives, to identify reliable sources of information, and to distinguish information from opinion. Skills needed in a context where social networks and phone messaging apps have changed the way in which information flows and reaches people, favouring an information explosion that makes it difficult to identify truthful content.
QYourself, therefore, will be useful for all those teachers who wish to increase reflective experiences about the media in the classroom, so that their students are able to understand and use the information they receive in a more critical and responsible way.
QYOURSELF PROJECTSpecific programme: Cooperation partnerships in adult education Grant Agreement: 2023-1-ES01-KA220-ADU-000153626 Total Budget: € 250,000.00 (EHU € 53,792.00) Project Start: 11/01/2023 Project End: 10/31/2025 Total Project Duration: 24 months Partner Entities: EHU (Coordinator), Iberika, Stimmuli, Cesie, Maldita.es & XLiceum.