Tom Crick
Faron Moller
ABSTRACT
Computer science (CS) curriculum reform across the UK has been subject to substantial scrutiny, as it has in many other countries around the world. However, in Wales -- one of the four nations in the UK -- various political, geographical and socio-cultural issues have historically hindered major educational policy interventions or reforms for CS. In this poster, we highlight the activities and impact of Technocamps, a pan-Wales university-based schools outreach programme founded in 2003. We showcase its wider impact on CS education, practitioners, schools, and learners in Wales over the past 20 years; especially with the start of the new bilingual Curriculum for Wales (Cwricwlwm i Gymru) from September 2022, which includes major reform of CS alongside digital competence as a statutory cross-curricular skill for all learners aged 3-16.
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- Tom Crick. 2021. An Overview of the New Science & Technology Curriculum for Wales. In Proc. of ITiCSE'21. ACM. https://doi.org/10.1145/3456565.3460052Google ScholarDigital Library
- Tom Crick. 2022a. Cwricwlwm i Gymru 2022: A New Era for Computer Science in Schools in Wales?. In Proc. of UKICER'22. https://doi.org/10.1145/3555009.3555024Google ScholarDigital Library
- Tom Crick. 2022b. Rethinking Digital Competencies in the New Curriculum for Wales. In Proc. of ITiCSE'22. ACM. https://doi.org/10.1145/3502717.3532145Google ScholarDigital Library
- Tom Crick and Faron Moller. 2015. Technocamps: Advancing Computer Science Education in Wales. In Proc. of WiPSCE'15. ACM, 121--126. https://doi.org/10.1145/2818314.2818341Google ScholarDigital Library
- Graham Donaldson. 2015. Successful Futures: Independent Review of Curriculum and Assessment Arrangements in Wales. https://gov.wales/successful-futures-review-curriculum-and-assessment-arrangements.Google Scholar
- Faron Moller and Tom Crick. 2018. A University-Based Model for Supporting Computer Science Curriculum Reform. Journal of Computers in Education, Vol. 5, 4 (2018), 415--434. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40692-018-0117-xGoogle ScholarCross Ref
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- Technocamps: Highlighting 20 Years of Transforming Digital Education in Wales
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