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This book contains highly effective ways to teach coding and
computational thinking skills throughout primary and secondary
schooling. It outlines a research informed path for students from
birth to 18 years, identifying key skills and learning activities.
Based on global perspectives and research at each stage, it
outlines how these findings can be applied in the classroom.
Teaching coding to students in K-12 has been a skillset that has
been debated across educational jurisdictions globally for some
time. The book provides examples of schools that are teaching
coding to students in engaging and relevant ways, delivering well
thought out compulsory curriculums. Additionally, it provides
examples of schools where coding is not mandated in the curriculum
and is taught in an ad-hoc manner. Through the full discussion of
all of these varied examples, the book presents both sides of the
serious and ongoing debate in the field as to whether coding should
be taught in an explicit way at all . The increasing school of
thought that teaching coding is a skill that is already obsolete,
and the focus should be on computational thinking is completely
examined and presented. In this book, both sides of the argument,
as well as the specific, meticulous research underlying each side,
are given equal weight. The debate is a serious one and requires a
clearly defined thematic response with evidence on all sides of the
argument presented rationally. This book does just that. Created by
carefully selected authors from around the world, it will be a
highly studied research reference.
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