Creating the Coding Generation in Primary Schools: A Practical Guide for Cross-Curricular Teaching

ISBN-13: 9781138681194 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 210 str.

Steve Humble

Opis

This indispensable guide brings together an eclectic mix of industry innovators and experts to show how you can bring the world of coding to your primary school practice. Just like learning to play an instrument, or learning a new language, coding provides an essential set of skills for the learner, which will build confidence and help to develop a passion for technology. The book includes a range of inspirational ideas for the cross curricular teaching of coding, from demystifying algebra in maths, to designing digital storytelling, as well as an insight into the global movement of free coding clubs for young people, such as Coderdojo and Girls Learning Code. It has become cool to code

Spis treści

SECTION ONE: Teaching coding 1: What is coding? 2: Teaching Computational Thinking 3: Ten Considerations for Teaching Coding to Children 4: Coding cleverness: a beginner’s guide to artificial intelligence 5: Bits and Bytes in Blue, Programming in Pink: Gender Bias or reality? SECTION TWO The subject of coding 6: DIY Zones for Scratch Design in Class & Club 7: A journey from order to disorder: Coding snippets in mathematics 8: Computer Science: Silent C in STEM 9: Sonic Pi - Live Coding in Education. Engaging a New Generation of Coders 10: Minecraft as a Framework for Engagement 11: SOLE Coding: Towards a Practitioner-Led Development Framework for the Teaching of Computational Thinking SECTION THREE Coding and the wider curriculum 12: Possible - The Raspberry Pi - A World of opportunities 13: Kids, Coding, and Computational Tinkering 14: Collaborative Coder Poets

O autorze

Steve Humble MBE is Researcher and Teaching Fellow for Primary and Secondary PGCE Maths at Newcastle University, UK, with extensive experience working as an educational advisor to both government and schools.