Computer Programming Survey (Please Read).

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Hello OCUK!,

This is a bit of a 'cheeky' first post - but I do hope to become a semi-active member of the community here over time, so hopefully I will be forgiven, ha.

I realise this is in the wrong section - there was not really a suitable computing section, and this sub-forum seems quite populated, so I thought I would try my luck here. However, if a mod feel it necessary to move the thread, please do so.

I am doing a project for University on how programming was/is being taught in schools. As the project is mostly written content, I am required to do a survey as well.

There are eleven questions - all are optional (two more so than the others). The two 'optional' optional questions are a bit 'wordy', although, I am slightly hoping they will garner the most attention, if you will.

You can leave a short comment after most of the questions - this is completely optional. Some comments may be quoted in my project - as this is an anonymous survey, you are obviously anonymous, heh.

I would be beyond grateful to anyone on here who was taught/is being taught programming in school to complete as much, or indeed as little of the survey as they wish. It will go a long way to helping me with my project.

If you have friends who did/do programming at school, please consider passing it onto them - the more responses the better.

Thanks again,

A.

Link https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/GQFG3DF

 

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Thanks very much for your time guys - it is highly appreciated. I do indeed intend to stick around. For the last question, there is only one option - it is not multiple choice. ha - just seen that my user label is thug - good stuff!

 

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Which is the correct answer then?

it is a loop.

 

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Done, programming is quite important to me in that I am proud to be able to pull it out of my array of tools in many situations. Even if I am not a master of any language.

I spent a bit of time filling in some of the comments sections.

That's quite nice to read - somewhat of an inspiration, if you will. As is everyone elses, your time is very much appreciated by me. Thanks for those who have completed the survey so far!

 

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Thank you very much for all of the above - a lot of stuff for me to take in! I have deleted the iPad question and added this instead:

"Do you feel that the IT curriculum for students (of, say, ages 8-16) in your country is too reliant on word processing and such like, with programming seemingly taking a back seat? Programmimg in schools peaked in the 80s and 90s, and has seemingly faded somewhat in the 2000s.

What do you feel can be done to rectify this? There is the much publicised Rasperry Pi - but will that take off in schools as intended? Do you think that some IT teachers may not be well versed in simple or advanced programming?

If you have children of your own, do they/do you think they would take an interest in programming if they were shown an example of it (obviously nothing too complex). Do you feel the complete opposite of all this? You can answer Yes, No or both - if you feel the answer to be a bit of both. Have I missed out anything? Comments are encouraged and greatly appreciated."

I do not feel it will impact the data - as some questions were skipped anyway. If you pass this survey onto friends/colleagues, the final question is quite important. Thanks again for everyone's input - I cannot thank you enough. There are some very good comments for the questions that allow them.