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posted by martyb on Saturday September 05 2015, @10:58AM   Printer-friendly
from the isn't-there-an-app-for-that? dept.

A number of schools have failed to train their teachers in the government's flagship computing curriculum introduced last year, which was intended to turn Blighty into a nation of coders.

One third of 27 secondary schools teaching kids up to and including GCSE (General Certificate of Secondary Education) level have failed to spend any money training staff in the computing curriculum (on the new Key Stage 3 and 4), according to a number of Freedom of Information responses sent to software company MapR Technologies.

In contrast, the research revealed some schools had spent thousands training staff, indicating a huge disparity between institutions.

The article applies to the UK, but could as easily apply to the United States and elsewhere. How do we teach our kids to code if their teacher's can't code, and can't or won't learn first?


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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday September 05 2015, @02:35PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday September 05 2015, @02:35PM (#232615)

    Given the current state of the school system, it's quite obvious that they very likely didn't have decent teachers to begin with. Even if they did, poorly-designed standardized tests and a one-size-fits-all education system would get in the way of any actual learning.