A new OECD report reveals concerning trends in literacy, numeracy, and problem-solving skills among adults globally. Proficiency declined in many countries, raising alarm bells about the state of education and echoing the warnings of cultural critic Neil Postman who, in 1988, feared the dominance of images over words.
“Human intelligence,” the cultural critic Neil Postman once wrote, “is among the most fragile things in nature. It doesn’t take much to distract it, suppress it, or even annihilate it.” The year was 1988, a former Hollywood actor was in the White House, and Postman was worried about the ascendancy of pictures over words in American media, culture and politics.
At the same time, social media has made it more likely that you “read stuff that confirms your views, rather than engages with diverse perspectives, and that’s what you need to get to on the assessment, where you need to distinguish fact from opinion, navigate ambiguity, manage complexity,” Schleicher explained. The implications for politics and the quality of public debate are already evident. These, too, were foreseen.
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