The following review was first published in Teach Secondary magazine.
Certain aspects of digital literacy and citizenship can be found in general education frameworks, but as the authors of Future Proof correctly point out, there’s currently no formal recognised framework for digital citizenship education in England.
The growing importance of digital citizenship isn’t just evident from what we hear in the news, but also recent findings from Ofsted that students often aren’t as digitally literate as teachers tend to assume. This comprehensive book makes an excellent attempt at giving teachers the information they’ll need to remedy this, and includes an especially good section on learning expectations and school policies. From past experience, I’d venture that the authors are perhaps a little optimistic in their proposals for implementing a whole school version of such a framework, but otherwise there’s lots here to help address the digital literacy issue.
Reviewed by Terry Freedman
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