New computing curriculum

[Judgeneo]

Why such a focus on development, not saying it is unimportant, but IT is a varied field. They should teach the business and system support sides of IT as well.

In my opinion the entire syllabus should be much more business focussed from a very young age, all the subjects should be taught in a such a way as to how this knowledge could be applied in a job, not just knowledge for the sake of knowing it.

But what we find is that most of the people involved in teaching and creating the syllabus are usually anti-capitalist.

The business and Support side of IT is basically just standard business practices and techniques, combined with product/environment specific knowledge. Teaching that is schools would be a waste, as business is not best taught in a Computing/IT class, and product specific knowledge becomes near irrelevant on each new refresh, so the kids would constantly be learning how to support systems that will be 10-20 years old when they graduate.

Basic development techniques, and general computing skills though, can be applied to all areas of IT - including support.

I think the new syllabus is a good thing. However based on the experience of my technologically inept IT teachers in school (didn't know what HTML was....), I have little faith that it can be taught effectively.

 

[RDM]

RDM coincidently are you not anti-capitalist, well at least a bit marxist right?

No, not in the slightest. But then anyone that doesnt have Ayn Rand stamped into their buttocks is probably a pinko communist to you.

Either way i am sure there are many exceptions but in general the teaching profession in the uk is not business focused from what i have seen of it. Especially the IT syllabus.

But you dont even know what the new IT syllabus is so how can you say that?

 

[ci_newman]

100%, woo can I have a GCSE?

 

[anything I don't mind]

No, not in the slightest. But then anyone that doesnt have Ayn Rand stamped into their buttocks is probably a pinko communist to you.




But you dont even know what the new IT syllabus is so how can you say that?

Could have fooled me, speaking to you over the years, i definitely picked up anti-capitalism from you. But nevermind, ill believe you.

Well from what i have seen of the syllabus and i doubt i am wrong. State school curriculum in general has never been very business focussed as far as i am aware.

I would be glad to be proved wrong, if you can show me more info on the curriculum.

 

[RDM]

Could have fooled me, speaking to you over the years, i definitely picked up anti-capitalism from you. But nevermind, ill believe you.

I am sure some of the left wing posters will vehemently disagree with you there, this may be a persepective thing though as you are so far to the right economically that anyone else must be left of you.

Well from what i have seen of the syllabus and i doubt i am wrong. State school curriculum in general has never been very business focussed as far as i am aware.

I would be glad to be proved wrong, if you can show me more info on the curriculum.

https://www.gov.uk/government/publi...ulum-in-england-computing-programmes-of-study

Knock yourself out.

For KS4 the qualification specifications may be a better bet. Have a look at the OCR or AQA websites for computing.

 

[megakid]

Isn't teaching this stuff a waste of time?

Isn't most of this outsourced to India and China?

You only need a few engineers and a project manager from the West

Anyone who's spent time with a development team and their outputs will confirm that it is pretty rare to find a successful outsourced development team managed over here. As others have said, there's a big shortage of decent software developers in London (only place I can comment on) and you can be rewarded handsomely for being one.

 

[MeEsH BaKkA]

Reached stage 4. The my IT education is spazing around on logo in primary school and learning how to use word, badly, during senior school.

 

[ttaskmaster]

We did Boolean algebra as part of my GNVQ advanced in IT (ks 3 I think?)

Ja, but it weren't on me O Level sillybus, so there ain't no way I'd be knowing what it is... 'less I looks it up on Wiki, maybe!!