Computing at school: Stimulating computing education in the UK

Tom Crick; Sue Sentance

doi:10.1145/2094131.2094158

Computing at school: Stimulating computing education in the UK

Tom Crick^*, Sue Sentance

^*Corresponding author for this work

School of Education

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In this paper, we present the development of Computing at School (CAS) 1 , a UK membership association established in 2008 to promote and support the teaching of Computing and related disciplines in UK schools. Its membership is broad and includes teachers, parents, examiners, university faculty, professional societies and industry. CAS was born out of a serious concern that many students in the UK are disengaging from Computing as a discipline. The goal of CAS is to put the excitement back into Computing at school, as well as to inuence Computing education policy in the UK, especially improving the wider perception of the discipline and its position within the STEM subject area.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings - 11th Koli Calling International Conference on Computing Education Research, Koli Calling'11
Pages	122-123
Number of pages	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/2094131.2094158
Publication status	Published - 2011
Event	11th Koli Calling International Conference on Computing Education Research, Koli Calling'11 - Koli, Finland Duration: 17 Nov 2011 → 20 Nov 2011

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Name	Proceedings - 11th Koli Calling International Conference on Computing Education Research, Koli Calling'11

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Conference	11th Koli Calling International Conference on Computing Education Research, Koli Calling'11
Country/Territory	Finland
City	Koli
Period	17/11/11 → 20/11/11

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SDG 4 Quality Education

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Computer science education
Computing
ICT
STEM
UK education policy

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Crick, T., & Sentance, S. (2011). Computing at school: Stimulating computing education in the UK. In Proceedings - 11th Koli Calling International Conference on Computing Education Research, Koli Calling'11 (pp. 122-123). (Proceedings - 11th Koli Calling International Conference on Computing Education Research, Koli Calling'11). https://doi.org/10.1145/2094131.2094158

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Crick, T & Sentance, S 2011, Computing at school: Stimulating computing education in the UK. in Proceedings - 11th Koli Calling International Conference on Computing Education Research, Koli Calling'11. Proceedings - 11th Koli Calling International Conference on Computing Education Research, Koli Calling'11, pp. 122-123, 11th Koli Calling International Conference on Computing Education Research, Koli Calling'11, Koli, Finland, 17/11/11. https://doi.org/10.1145/2094131.2094158

Computing at school: Stimulating computing education in the UK. / Crick, Tom; Sentance, Sue.
Proceedings - 11th Koli Calling International Conference on Computing Education Research, Koli Calling'11. 2011. p. 122-123 (Proceedings - 11th Koli Calling International Conference on Computing Education Research, Koli Calling'11).

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