Effective pedagogy is at the heart of good teaching and learning; successful teachers combine their knowledge of computing science with evidence-based teaching practices. Evidence of effective computing science teaching approaches continues to emerge and evolve and this learning pathway will support your journey to embed computing science across the curriculum.
This learning pathway will help improve your knowledge and develop inclusive lessons to teach computing to primary school pupils. You will learn about the importance of computing in primary education and then analyse the curriculum experiences and outcomes. You will develop your knowledge of the theory of unconscious bias and gender stereotypes, reflecting on your own practice and consider specific barriers for girls accessing computing science.
1. Why teach computing science in primary and what does computing science look like in the world around us?
2. What is Computational Thinking and how can I embed it across the primary curriculum?
3. Building confidence and creativity with Computational Thinking – practitioner exemplification
4. Computational Thinking with Barefoot
5. Building and testing computing solutions across the Primary curriculum practitioner exemplification
6. Tackling unconscious bias and gender stereotypes in computing science
