The Education Secretary begins a review of the English primary schools and secondary school education curricula with the goal of teaching critical thinking.
The Education Secretary announced that children will be taught how to identify extremists and misinformation on the Internet as part of the planned changes in the school curriculum.
In an effort to instill critical thinking in multiple areas and protect children from “putrid conspiracy theories,” Bridget Phillipson stated that she was starting a review of the curricula in primary and secondary schools.
Students analyzing newspaper articles in English lessons to help them differentiate between fake news and true reporting could be an example.
In computer lessons, students might be taught how to identify false news websites based on their designs, and they might also be taught how to analyze statistics in context in their math lessons.
Speaking to the Sunday Telegraph, Phillips, the Labour MP Houghton and Sunderland South, said: “It’s more important than ever that we give young people the knowledge and skills to challenge what they see online.
“That’s why our curriculum review will develop plans to embed critical skills in lessons to arm our children against the disinformation, fake news, and putrid conspiracy theories rampant on social media. Our renewed curriculum will always put high and rising standards in core subjects – that’s non-negotiable.
“But alongside this we will create a broad, knowledge-rich curriculum that widens access to cultural subjects and gives pupils the knowledge and skills they need to thrive at work and throughout life.”
The extreme right’s incitement of rioting across the UK has been attributed to false information that has been spread on social media concerning the backgrounds and religious suspects of the stabbing of three young girls in Southport on July 29.
Pursuing suspected online offenders and influence who are accountable for “spreading hate and inciting violence on a large scale.”
Teams are looking at numerous leads, according to the National Police Chiefs’ Council.
Social media regulation and moderation have also come under scrutiny following the disruption.
The UK passed the Online Safety Act last year, which established new regulations for social platforms,
Keir Starmer said on Friday that he might consider tightening social media rules after Sadiq Khan, the mayor of London, declared the rules were “not fit for purpose.”
