Education secretary launches review of curriculum in primary and secondary schools 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.

  • MindTravellerEnglish
    162·
    30 days ago

    I learned critical thinking and news analysis when I was in school. No wonder England is doing so poorly if their kids aren’t

    • kent_ehEnglish
      5·
      30 days ago

      I learned critical thinking and news analysis when I was in school.

      It wasn’t part of the curriculum when I was in school, but our physics teacher went above and beyond to make sure we got some lessons in critical thinking and skeptical media consumption.