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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?
(Score: 2) by kurenai.tsubasa on Sunday September 06 2015, @05:46PM
I am talking about 30-40 year old women, not 12-year olds. If only I were teaching a 12 year old!
You're doing splendid. More power to you. I hope your niece succeeds and is rewarded later in life for her success.
Maybe in a generation these stupid, anti-Amazon ideas, which are promulgated by cisfemales, not me, not you, that women must hate maths and fear computers will be gone.