Literacy and CTS education (Science, Technology and Society): reflections on the formation of critical citizens in digital culture

• Autor(a) principal: Bazilio, Ana Paula Matos
• Data de Publicação: 2021
• Outros Autores: Cultri, Camila do Nascimento, Gomes, Veronica de Sousa, Mill, Daniel Ribeiro Silva
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Informação & Informação
• Texto Completo: https://ojs.uel.br/revistas/uel/index.php/informacao/article/view/38954
• topic: Education; Information and communication technologies; Literacy; digital culture.; Educación; Tecnologías de la información y la comunicación; Literatura; cultura digital.; Educação; Tecnologias da informação e comunicação; Letramentos; Cultura digital

Introduction: This article is based on the following principle: how can digital literacy be compatible with the assumptions of STS education (Science, Technology and Society)? In order to answer possible questions, the text deals with some themes such as: agrafa society, digital and traditional graphocentric society, literacy, literacy, digital literacy, critical digital literacy, information literacy, education and CTS.Objective: to understand what resources literacy and CTS education can provide to help train conscientious citizens.Methodology: a brief literature review on the subject was carried out in the following databases: BRAPCI, SCIELO, BDTD, Google Scholar and the AVAdmin/UFSCar virtual environment.Result: in the context of information and communication technologies, we found in the studied literature resources on digital literacy and STS education for training conscientious citizens.Conclusion: it is concluded that STS education includes the assumptions of digital literacy, scientific and technological literacy, with a view to conscious citizen participation, that is, the more the subjects are digitally literate, the greater the possibility of active participation in the information society .