{"id":43246,"date":"2023-10-20T15:27:11","date_gmt":"2023-10-20T15:27:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/startupsmart.test\/2023\/10\/20\/new-petition-calls-for-computer-programming-in-primary-schools-startupsmart\/"},"modified":"2023-10-20T15:27:11","modified_gmt":"2023-10-20T15:27:11","slug":"new-petition-calls-for-computer-programming-in-primary-schools-startupsmart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/uncategorized\/new-petition-calls-for-computer-programming-in-primary-schools-startupsmart\/","title":{"rendered":"New petition calls for computer-programming in primary schools – StartupSmart"},"content":{"rendered":"
The National Computer Science School has encouraged entrepreneurs and \u201ctechnology creators\u201d to sign a petition supporting the introduction of computer-programming in Australian schools.<\/p>\n
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NCSS provides opportunities for Australian high school students to learn computer-programming skills with the hope of attracting them to ICT-related subjects at university.<\/p>\n
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NCSS is petitioning the Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA), urging it to support a draft of the Australian Curriculum: Technologies Foundation to Year 10.<\/p>\n
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The draft draws together the subjects of design and technologies, and digital technologies. It is written on the assumption that all students from Foundation to Year 8 will study both subjects.<\/p>\n
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For Years 9 to 10, school authorities will decide whether students can choose to continue in one or both students and\/or whether technologies specialisations not provided for in these subjects will be offered.<\/p>\n
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According to NCSS, the digital technologies section of the draft is a \u201cmassive step in the right direction\u201d.<\/p>\n
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\u201cIf enacted, it will equip Australian students with the skills they need; not just to become competent consumers of technology, but to design and create,\u201d NCSS wrote in its petition.<\/p>\n
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\u201cComputer science skills and concepts will be introduced earlier in schools.<\/p>\n
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\u201cEvery Australian student will learn to design and implement simple visual programs in Year 3-4, and learn a general purpose programming language in Year 7-8.\u201d<\/p>\n
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