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Having seen some of the 'howlers' that
are trying to teach scratch...I don't hold out much hope!
Dave
On 23/01/2014 16:43, Julian Hall wrote:
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Subject: VIDEO: Coding push for primary pupils
Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2014 19:56:22 GMT
From: <BBC News - Technology>
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-25851739
VIDEO: Coding push for primary pupils 'From September, every child
in England will have to learn computer coding.'
While I applaud the intent to increase the knowledge of coding, I
question the mandatory nature. Some children simply don't want to
go into IT, and will never want to; enforcing this kind of thing,
especially at primary level is, in my opinion, a waste of the
limited resources the education system has. By all means give
them a taster so those who are attracted to it can pursue it if
they want to, but forcing children to do something is the best way
to push them away from it.
Julian
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