misunderstandings of science online. Then, there are the troll farms that even our brightest graduates lead, perhaps prompting Twitter user @HotOfftheBoat to propose the idea of “truth farms” to counter the tide of disinformation.
This brings us to the assumption that all we need to do is convey the facts. Facts are important, yes; but if our education is simply tasked to feed students information, then we reduce learning to the absorption of trivia. Instead, we might need strategies to help students see that knowledge is a framework to understand the world, with all fields overlapping and equal.
In Finland, young students are required to interact with each other through 15 minutes of play for every 45 minutes of classroom work. When done alongside the stressful task of studying, interaction makes children associate the idea of school with exploration rather than obligation.