UK primary school pupils to study Twitter, podcasts and blogs in curriculum shake-up
In a recent article, The Guardian reports that under new proposals, UK primary schools may soon ditch studying topics such as the Victorians or the Second Word War in favour of Twitter, blogs, Wikipedia and podcasts.
The proposed curriculum, which would mark the biggest change to primary schooling in a decade, strips away hundreds of specifications about the scientific, geographical and historical knowledge pupils must accumulate before they are 11 to allow schools greater flexibility in what they teach.
The proposals would require children to leave primary school familiar with blogging, podcasts, Wikipedia and Twitter as sources of information and forms of communication. They must gain “fluency” in handwriting and keyboard skills, and learn how to use a spellchecker alongside how to spell.
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