Changes to the curriculum could mean schoolchildren analyse articles in English lessons to weed out fabricated stories, learn how to identify fake news in computer classes and analyse statistics in maths.
Bridget Phillipson said she is launching a review of the curriculum in both primary and secondary schools to embed critical thinking across multiple subjects and arm children against “putrid conspiracy theories”.
It means schoolchildren may analyse articles in English lessons to help learn how to them weed out fabricated clickbait from accurate reporting.
Computer lessons could teach them how to spot fake news sites and maths lessons could include analysing statistics in context.
I had to go through similar lessons here in Colorado. A 30 minute meeting in the library saying “hey, if the new site this story is coming from was created 6 months ago, probably bullshit. And ask yourself why some news from last year is being posted today without context.” Little stuff like that. At the time I thought it was useless, but I’ve seen since that so many people Don’t even think of these small precautions.
I am a 40 year old nurse and have trouble spotting fake news glad they are teaching it to kids.
My go to rule is never trust anything on social media
Don’t trust anything surrounded by advertising.
Nothing’s surrounded by advertisements with a good adblock