A computing revolution in schools | Coding | Europe | UK | Didactics and Technology in Education | Scoop.it

This is the week when a revolution begins to sweep through schools in England. It involves a whole new way of teaching children about computing - but I suspect many parents, and even some teachers, know very little about this important moment in education.

 

As children from five upwards return to school, they are going to have to start learning how to program - or to "code" to use the trendy term which seems to upset some old-school programmers. This is the result of the new national curriculum for computing that is being introduced in England this term.

 

Learn more:

 

http://www.scoop.it/t/21st-century-learning-and-teaching/?tag=Coding

 

 


Via Gust MEES, Dorian Love