The surest way to dumbing down is to absorb only what's "fit to print" and accept that as gospel because "the experts" (with an agenda) said so. It becomes a self-fulfilling sort of thing.
Better to read all sides of the story --on the Internet-- and compare what fits reality better. ===================== The key is balance. My concern is that infatuation with the Net is leading to treating books, library and traditional research as "yesterday's story." So both are needed. Balance. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Christoph Reuss Sent: Tuesday, August 23, 2005 6:21 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [Futurework] Future of learning > There is a great danger in dumbing down and, going further, creating > material that is false but believed because it hasn't been peer reviewed > and a great many people access that material. It becomes a self- > fulfilling sort of thing. > > I find that the better has been the education of the individual, > especially the ability to do research the old way, the better able > to sift through and make sense of online material. I worry that kids > that have not developed research skills will take too many things > online as fact. OTOH, how can children learn critical evaluation if the sources of information are dominated by one side, as is often the case in (commercially or politically biased) textbooks and one-way media ? The surest way to dumbing down is to absorb only what's "fit to print" and accept that as gospel because "the experts" (with an agenda) said so. It becomes a self-fulfilling sort of thing. ;) Better to read all sides of the story --on the Internet-- and compare what fits reality better. Chris ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SpamWall: Mail to this addy is deleted unread unless it contains the keyword "igve". _______________________________________________ Futurework mailing list [email protected] http://fes.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework _______________________________________________ Futurework mailing list [email protected] http://fes.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework
