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I think recognising the benefits of both Wikipedia and traditional sources of information, i.e. books, is the way forward. I think problems stem from many children not using books and more importantly enjoying books, from a young age. Instead “computer skills” are encouraged and children become more compotent at using the Internet as a source of information. Also, the validity of data on Wikipedia is an issue and the reason why I use it when interested in something personally but never for academic use. The department I studied in at university greatly frowned upon the use of Wikipedia as a source and I suppose this view has left an impression with me.
Precisely: that’s exactly why we need to engage with students on this. Perhaps once they realise that the internet isn’t the be-all and end-all we won’t have to try so hard to get them reading more books.