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.

  • absquatulate@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    3 months ago

    This is rich, coming from the government that labels pro-palestine protestors as extremists and antisemites ( yes I’m aware that the government changed, but looks like the new ones are more than happy to continue the policies ).

    • thetreesaysbark@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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      3 months ago

      There are many people in a government, and different people pull in different directions.

      Regardless of other policies, this is a step in the right direction.

      • Aceticon@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        3 months ago

        This is the UK: whatever New Labour or Tory politicians say should be presumed to be complete total crowd-pleasing bollocks until proven otherwise (by it actually being done, in the way it was promised and properly funded and supported, which is a pretty rare outcome over there).