Teaching Computing

How can Computing be taught in a way that engages young people and is relevant to the world they live in? The Computing curriculum in England encompasses computer science skills, digital literacy, digital citizenship and digital scholarship. This course offers subject knowledge, skills and advice on planning, teaching, assessment and policy. Originally created by UEA with sponsorship from Computing at School (CAS) and BT, the National STEM Learning Centre hosts this course enabling you to learn from expert CAS Master Teachers and reflect on your own classroom practice to develop your teaching. Week 1: Introduction to the computing curriculum Week 2: Learning and teaching in computing Week 3: Subject knowledge Week 4: Assessing pupil learning Week 5: Digital citizenship & scholarship Week 6: Next steps in teaching computing By the end of the course, you'll be able to... This course is for primary and secondary school teachers teaching or leading the Computing subject. It will be especially useful for those teaching Key Stage 2 and Key Stage 3 (9 - 13 years old) and is aimed at both subject specialists and primary teaching non-specialists. If you are not teaching the English Computing curriculum, you may also find the course content useful to adapt for your curriculum. The National STEM Learning Centre provides world-class professional development activities and resources to support the teaching of STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) subjects. The University of East Anglia is an internationally renowned university providing top quality academic, social and cultural facilities to over 15,000 students from over 100 countries around the globe.

• The computing curriculum
• Talking about computing
• What happens in computing lessons?
• Pupil learning in action
• Teaching computing in action
• What have you got planned?
• Subject knowledge - computer science
• Subject knowledge - digital literacy and ICT
• The practical issues of assessment
• Grading pupil work
• Expectations of computing
• The internet
• Digital Citizens and Scholars
• E-safety
• Subject leadership and whole school issues in computing
• Peer review activity