Children to be taught how to spot extremist content and fake news online
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Education secretary launches review of curriculum in primary and secondary schools in England aimed at teaching critical thinking

Children will be taught how to spot extremist content and misinformation online under planned changes to the school curriculum, the education secretary said.

Bridget Phillipson said she was launching a review of the curriculum in primary and secondary schools to embed critical thinking across multiple subjects and arm children against “putrid conspiracy theories”.

One example may include pupils analysing newspaper articles in English lessons in a way that would help differentiate fabricated stories from true reporting.

In computer lessons, they could be taught how to spot fake news websites by their design, and maths lessons may include analysing statistics in context.

  • deadbeef79000@lemmy.nzEnglish
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    3 months ago

    One example may include pupils analysing newspaper articles in English lessons in a way that would help differentiate fabricated stories from true reporting.

    In computer lessons, they could be taught how to spot fake news websites by their design…

    and maths lessons may include analysing statistics in context.

    That these lessons haven’t been at the core of those subjects since forever is horrific.

    We have the same problem in NZ. Several generations of citizens generally lacking basic information processing skills. I suppose they make better consumers.