Abstract
‘Computational thinking’ is seen as the golden thread running through England’s computing curriculum and its development provides a key argument for the (re)introduction of programming into education systems across the world. In England, the computing programmes of study open with the ambitious view that,
‘A high-quality computing education equips pupils to use computational thinking and creativity to understand and change the world.’ (DfE 2013)
Other jurisdictions emphasise the importance of problem solving in computing education, recognising that, whilst not
every student will end up as a software engineer or computer scientist, teaching everyone to program will help them to develop as computational thinkers, and that this is something that will be useful for everyone.
‘A high-quality computing education equips pupils to use computational thinking and creativity to understand and change the world.’ (DfE 2013)
Other jurisdictions emphasise the importance of problem solving in computing education, recognising that, whilst not
every student will end up as a software engineer or computer scientist, teaching everyone to program will help them to develop as computational thinkers, and that this is something that will be useful for everyone.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages | 16-19 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Specialist publication | Advancing Education |
| Publication status | Published - 3 Apr 2019 |