After a week of far-right rioting fuelled by online misinformation, the British government is to change the school curriculum so English schoolchildren are taught critical thinking skills to tackle itwww.telegraph.co.ukexternal-link Lugh ( @Lugh@futurology.today ) M Futurology@futurology.todayEnglish • 1 month ago message-square10fedilinkarrow-up1134
arrow-up1134external-linkAfter a week of far-right rioting fuelled by online misinformation, the British government is to change the school curriculum so English schoolchildren are taught critical thinking skills to tackle itwww.telegraph.co.uk Lugh ( @Lugh@futurology.today ) M Futurology@futurology.todayEnglish • 1 month ago message-square10fedilink
minus-square CanadaPlus ( @CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org ) linkfedilinkEnglish1•1 month agoI’m highly skeptical of teaching critical thinking, personally. Isn’t that an oxymoron?
minus-square apotheotic (she/her) ( @apotheotic@beehaw.org ) linkfedilinkEnglish4•1 month agoIt would be hypocritical if you forced them to accept what you were teaching without questioning it. No good education institution behaves that way.
I’m highly skeptical of teaching critical thinking, personally. Isn’t that an oxymoron?
It would be hypocritical if you forced them to accept what you were teaching without questioning it. No good education institution behaves that way.
Yeah, exactly.