[Stoat]

Although this article is from the U.K. I would caution American readers not to discount its relevance to us here in the USA.  A great many social, cultural and economic trends gain a foothold first in Great Britain and are then emulated by the Left elsewhere.

 

Some older Free Republic threads which may be of interest:

Churchill dropped from England's history syllabus (- pandering to a P.C. agenda-)

UK- Half of young people do not recognise Winston Churchill... & will be 'forgotten' in 80 yrs

 

[Stoat]

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[barmag25]

smartphones – with full internet access – can by used by pupils to quickly search for facts.

...Because everything on the internet is true...

[sand lake bar]

An old, tired idea that has been thoroughly demolished. But the beauty part for the left is that empty minds are easily manipulated.

[C210N]

Well, gotta somewhat agree with this assessment. After all, nothing good can come of having students memorize the Koran.

[DuncanWaring]

It claimed that the move represented a throw-back to the 50s and would “kill children’s creativity”.

That's curious.

People educated in the 50s (and before) "created" the Apollo program.

[chesley]

Might be a good idea: IF THEY ACTUALLY TAUGHT ‘CRITICAL THINKING SKILLS’.

But that’s not what they are after. Besides, we all know how accurate the Web is.

[Karliner]

So how would they teach science? Or welding?"okay class this is a torch and there's the acetylene and oxygen lines. Now please refer to the anarchists handbook...."

"Okay class, it's time to dissect the cadaver. Johnny, put down the samurai sword now!"

I mean what can possibly go wrong leaving children to their own devices? Some might think the German's really did bomb Pearl harbor and others would never remember just how many hundreds of millions were killed in the last 250 years to preserve their right to make up their own convenient history. So what are we paying teachers for again?

[PBRSTREETGANG]

Makes perfect sense...until “Skynet becomes self-aware”.

[mountainlion]

So if you get out of cell coverage or your batteries go dead you become immediately STUPID!

[sthguard]

I tell my (college) students that Google etc makes it relatively easy to find information on a given topic, at least if you know how to use keywords effectively (many of them don’t). But then I remind them of Thomas Sowell’s point: “Facts do not speak for themselves. They speak for or against competing theories. Facts divorced from theories or visions are mere isolated curiosities.”

Without the critical thinking skills to frame and apply knowledge, Google is useless.

[proxy_user]

Now factual knowledge, as opposed to knowledge of virtue, might well be one area in which Meno’s paradox has some force. If you don’t know anything at all, how can you realize there is a gap in your knowledge?

[G Larry]

Then the kids should stay home, because they sure don’t benefit from the opinions of teachers such as this!!

[BitWielder1]

This is so wrong on so may levels.

If you know nothing, you won't even know what to look for.
Without some background knowledge, how can you sift through the junk hits?
Without knowledge of the subject, you have no way to tell if what you found is accurate or relevant.
Without extensive knowledge, you can't tell if the information you're looking for has been purged from the search engine.

Don't fall into this trap. Use the web but don't rely on it or trust it.

[JimRed]

Then the control of content will be even more important to the regime. Look it up on your smertphone and get the “approved” version!

[Stoat]

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[Albion Wilde]

Children no longer need facts because they can look them up on smartphone

And as long as they know their alphabet, they no longer need to read whole words.

[martin_fierro]

Here ya go, kid.

[bopdowah]

Rush calls school kids “young heads full of mush”. This only worsens the problem.

[metmom]

Good. This could render public schools obsolete really quickly.

That would be a good thing.

[JenB]

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