Lesson plan
Janadas Devan
Janadas Devan (born 1954) is a former journalist and the current Deputy Secretary at the Prime Minister’s Office of Singapore, and Senior Advisor at the Ministry of Digital Development and Information. He is also a director at the public policy think-tank Institute of Policy Studies (IPS). Janadas was formerly a senior editor of The Straits Times, the flagship English-language daily newspaper of Singapore Press Holdings. He is the son of C.V. Devan Nair, the third President of Singapore. Janadas studied at the National University of Singapore and Cornell University in New York. He is married to literary scholar Geraldine Heng.
Article summary
Janadas Devan (born 1954) is a former journalist and the current Deputy Secretary at the Prime Minister’s Office of Singapore, and Senior Advisor at the Ministry of Digital Development and Information. He is also a director at the public policy think-tank Institute of Policy Studies (IPS). Janadas was formerly a senior editor of The Straits Times, the flagship English-language daily newspaper of Singapore Press Holdings. He is the son of C.V. Devan Nair, the third President of Singapore. Janadas studied at the National University of Singapore and Cornell University in New York. He is married to literary scholar Geraldine Heng.
Key claims
- date of birth: 1954 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
Discussion questions
- Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
- The record states that the date of birth is "1954". What evidence would count against this claim?
- Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
- If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?
Bibliography
- Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360198010
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