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We introduce the emerging changes to science and technology education in Wales, as part of major school (K-12) curriculum and qualifications reform. The new bilingual Curriculum for Wales, published in January 2020 and set to phase in from September 2022, features significant changes to the discipline of computer science as part of a new science & technology "area of learning and experience", alongside the repositioning of digital competence as a statutory cross-curricular skill for all learners aged 3-16. This poster introduces some of the key features of the new Curriculum for Wales, its underlying rationale and wider policy context, as well as what this means for K-12 computer science education, pedagogy and practice in Wales over the coming years.

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https://doi.org/10.16922/wje.25.2.1
Crick T(2023)Critical Reflections on the First Year of Computer Science in the New Curriculum for WalesProceedings of the 2023 Conference on United Kingdom & Ireland Computing Education Research10.1145/3610969.3611141(1-1)Online publication date: 7-Sep-2023
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3610969.3611141
Crick TBecker BQuille KLaakso MBarendsen ESimon (2022)Rethinking Digital Competencies in the New Curriculum for WalesProceedings of the 27th ACM Conference on on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education Vol. 210.1145/3502717.3532145(635-635)Online publication date: 7-Jul-2022
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3502717.3532145

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An Overview of the New Science & Technology Curriculum for Wales
1. Social and professional topics
  1. Professional topics
    1. Computing education
      1. K-12 education

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Thomas ECrick TBeauchamp G(2023)Editorial — Envisioning the Post-COVID “New Normal” for Education in WalesCylchgrawn Addysg Cymru / Wales Journal of Education10.16922/wje.25.2.125:2Online publication date: 15-Dec-2023
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Crick T(2023)Critical Reflections on the First Year of Computer Science in the New Curriculum for WalesProceedings of the 2023 Conference on United Kingdom & Ireland Computing Education Research10.1145/3610969.3611141(1-1)Online publication date: 7-Sep-2023
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3610969.3611141
Crick TBecker BQuille KLaakso MBarendsen ESimon (2022)Rethinking Digital Competencies in the New Curriculum for WalesProceedings of the 27th ACM Conference on on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education Vol. 210.1145/3502717.3532145(635-635)Online publication date: 7-Jul-2022
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3502717.3532145

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