It still has large amounts of programming, spreadsheets and databases.
They seem to be designed to discourage even the most dedicated student.The AQA syllabus states that computer science is no more about computers than astronomy is about telescopes and then presents a syllabus whose astronomical equivalent would involve lesson after lesson about glass grinding. Edexcel's Applied ICT dates from 2005. From diversity and inclusion policies as ‘box-checking’ exercises, to glass ceilings and the Black Lives Matter movement: the frank conversation touched on many sensitive topics. Some 53 skills cover strategy, support, identifying and managing the benefits of ICT, training, implementation and integration of systems. Even from the point of view of a focus on the technology, the plethora of interesting technologies that are about in computer science get little mention. It should not be a minority subject. It lacks context. The Skills Framework for the Information Age (SFIA) defines the range of skills needed to run a modern IT department and to use IT effectively in an organisation. Introduction to computing If you are going to study a subject called ‘computing’ or ‘computer science’, it is probably a good idea if you start out with an idea about what is involved. I doubt it. Cambridge Lower Secondary support site
ICT teachers are left struggling to inject creativity and interest.A level ICT fares a little better than computing. It is a commercial imperative too, writes I. Stephanie Boyce, Deputy Vice President of The Law Society.Richard Cornell CISSP CISM CITP MBCS MCIIS, Digital End Point Assessor at BCS, explores when is the best time for a company to take on an apprentice in cybersecurity, whether there are any particular business conditions or thresholds required – and why it’s worth the effort.Diversity in IT: solutions to the difficult questions BCS hosted an awkward conversation about diversity - or lack thereof - in the tech industry.
In 2007, the number of A level computing candidates dropped to 5,610 from a low-level of 6,233 in 2006. ICT teachers have a hard job. The most talented and enthusiastic ICT teacher will be brought crashing to the ground by inadequate curricula.
The loss of any subject leaves us culturally worse off.
Learners will study topics including information representation, communication and Internet technologies, hardware, software development, and relational database modelling. A-level computing is a fun, challenging subject that appeals to students with most learning styles and interests.
And we should provide intellectual edge and depth.This is all missing in A level computing and ICT syllabi. They try hard to interest students who are spending hours on computers at home, even if only on playing games or social sites and may not be interested in exploring the underlying technology at school as well. Of those 53 skills, only one involves programming. Studying Cambridge International AS and A Level Computer Science will help learners develop a range of skills such as thinking creatively, analytically, logically and critically. Assessment Specialist support site
The popularity of a subject must to some extent depend on the curricula. An ICT professional shortage of 300,000 is predicted in the EU by 2009.Clearly we need more students engaging with ICT and computing at A level. Being amongst the technologically educated population will put you in a brilliant position for job searching, as there are so many careers where A-level computing skills are essential. The very best actor cannot perform without an excellent script. Studying Cambridge International AS and A Level Computer Science will help learners develop a range of skills such as thinking creatively, analytically, logically and critically. Do geography students rush off outside school hours to examine coastal structures? For teachers at registered Cambridge schools, support materials for specific syllabuses are available from the
Do ICT student rush home to create application, write games, run open source applications. School Support Hub
Where's the problem?Is it the teaching? Blair Melsom MBCS reports.A new world of training opportunity: COVID-19 and the UK government’s job planThe world has been plunged into a war against COVID-19. So ICT teachers are likely to struggle with such a rapidly changing subject area whose advances are often more accessible to the students at home than at school.In the end, the ICT teachers are snookered by the curricula, by computing and ICT syllabi that are boring, irrelevant and pedestrian. Social issues are mentioned, HCI is touched on upon. But we're talking about ICT which accounts for 5.3 per cent of EC gross domestic product. The IT industry continues to grow between 5 and 8 per cent faster than other sectors, it will need 150,000 new entrants each year.
And the computing and ICT curricula are worse than inadequate.Until the curriculum developers grasp the nettle and reform ICT and computing syllabuses, the downward spiral of student numbers and interest in these economically vital subjects will continue.Neil McBride is a principal lecturer in computing at De Montfort University and course director of the BSc ICT.Promoting diversity and inclusion in the workplace is not just a moral imperative. Neil McBride, principal lecturer in computing at De Montfort University, looks at the shortcomings of the syllabus and the impending IT professional shortage.
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