On Thu, Mar 26, 2009 at 4:07 PM, doc doc.wikipedia@ntlworld.com wrote:
Wikipedia in the school curriculum?
For me, the idea simply proves that Jimmy Wales was, as usual, far-sighted in his vision and judgement. I think I shall now follow his lead.
Time to home-school the kids.
:-)
When I was in the sixth form a couple of years ago, we had a piece of research on some aspect of seventeenth century English history for prep. All 12 members of the class used Wikipedia, including myself. Being intimately familiar with Wikipedia's inherent unreliability, I also checked the source of the WP article and was saved from an embarrassing error that the other 11 members of the class regurgitated intact.
If the lesson is "don't trust Wikipedia" or "use Wikipedia with _extreme_ caution", then it is a worthwhile lesson.