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Did your basic education (i.e. pre-college/university) cover proper research skills and media literacy? (lemm.ee)

submitted 11 months ago by ALostInquirer@lemm.ee to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I'm sure this will vary for many people depending on their schools, where/when they were taught, and the like, so I'm interested to see what others' experiences have been with this.

I'm also curious about what resources some have used to learn better research skills & media literacy (and found useful) if their school didn't adequately teach either (or they may have whiffed on it at the time).

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[–] Tibert@jlai.lu 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

What is college? Is it employed for middle school or high school? If so then no.

And if someone who didn't get such eduction thinks they have the tool to distinguish between false and true, they are delusional. The more verified knowledge someone has, the more that person develops their ability to manage information and find if it's bad or good. Tho that doesn't mean that everyone has equal training or capacity in doing so.

If college is employed as a synonym of university, then kinda yes? Tho for myself I wasn't really trained into getting the right sources. However the knowledge gained from the years of eduction allowed me to somehow manage a bit the informations.

However, I don't think I would have been able to really avoid bad information without getting the university training, where I also learned sources and reputable sources.

Even now it can be sometimes hard to get a good source to check. And often for random info I'll forget on the Web I don't even bother.

[–] ALostInquirer@lemm.ee 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

What is college? Is it employed for middle school or high school? If so then no.

It's for post-high school education, also referred to as higher education in my area. Generally they're synonymous with universities in that respect where I'm from, and while I'm sure there may be some slight difference between the two (probably more distinct in other areas), I don't know what they are exactly.

[–] Tibert@jlai.lu 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

In France and other countries around speaking French, college is middle school. 11-15y old something like that.

According to Wikipedia, in most countries it's high-school or secondary education.

In the US and maybe other it seems to be a synonym of university.

[–] keepcarrot@hexbear.net 1 points 11 months ago

Here in Australia it can be used for post-high school vocational education, but it can also be used for residential premises attached to a university (but not the university itself). Of course, there's some American language import here.