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Yet another silly attack on WikipediaSubmitted by Dominik Lukes on Tue, 24/06/2008 - 00:37.
Categories: national curriculum | online education | online resources | open source | philosophy of education | use of technology for learning | web 2.0
What was the last time you found something eggregiously inaccurate on Wikipedia? And if the biggest problem in education is the occasional inaccurate information what happened to the skills focus of the last decades? I cannot stress enough how ill-informed this complaint is. The conclusion, of course, is correct. Schools need to teach students how to treat sources of information but they need to start with textbooks, teachers knowledge base and exam boards. I've been recently teaching some web-design at the post-16 level and the curriculum provided by an awarding body contained errors that would be unheard of on Wikipedia! Falling exam passes blamed on Wikipedia 'littered with inaccuracies' - Scotsman.com News
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