Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson said her curriculum review would embed critical thinking skills in lessons.

Children will be taught how to spot extremist content and fake news online under planned changes to the school curriculum.

Education Secretary 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”.

Pupils might analyse newspaper articles in English lessons in a way that would help weed out fabricated clickbait from true reporting. In computer lessons, they could be taught how to spot fake news sites and maths lessons could include analysing statistics in context.

  • @breadsmasherEnglish
    6•30 days ago

    A bit difficult to teach critical thinking in religious schools

    Religion requires you to not have critical thinking skills at all

    • ᴇᴍᴘᴇʀᴏʀ 帝OPEnglish
      3•30 days ago

      I went to a Catholic school - they did their level best not to avoid anything resembling it (and sex education).

      • @breadsmasherEnglish
        4•30 days ago

        Just so I understand, the catholic school you attended did teach critical thinking and sex education?

    • ℛ𝒶𝓋ℯ𝓃English
      2•30 days ago

      My evangelical school did a “classical education” and made the mistake of actually having some critical thinking after all the indoctrination. I’m a pagan leftist transgender homosexual now.