Threshold concepts and non-cognitive dimensions of learning

December 19, 2017, 2:25 pm

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At King’s College London we are involved in research to better understand the teaching and learning of programming in school.  In particular, our research project [...]

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A continuum of scaffolding: from copying code to tinkering

January 5, 2018, 2:50 am

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Jane Waite, of King’s College London & Queen Mary University of London, is researching ways of teaching programming, with the ultimate goal of supporting primary [...]

Physical computing and visually impaired learners

January 8, 2018, 3:08 am

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For many children, programming is challenging to learn and for visually impaired learners there are a number of additional barriers which need to be overcome. [...]

New interdisciplinary Computing Education Research Centre (CERC) at KCL

January 12, 2018, 12:28 pm

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Computing is now integral to all sectors of the economy and society, to all aspects of public and private life, and has become a core [...]

Identifying Exploratory Procedures of Visually Impaired Learners in Programming

February 25, 2018, 2:50 am

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At King’s College London we are conducting research around making computing education inclusive of all learners. Alex Hadwen-Bennett is currently carrying out research looking into [...]

IT and Computing education in Guyana

March 26, 2018, 1:11 pm

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Guyana is a small country (size of UK) in the north of South America bordering Venezuela, Brazil and Suriname. However in many ways it associates [...]

New book on computer science education!

May 17, 2018, 1:28 pm

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Computer Science Education: Perspectives on Learning and Teaching at School is a new book edited by Sue Sentance, together with Carsten Schulte, University of Padeborn and [...]

GCSE computer science – can we look at “why” before we talk about “hard”

June 18, 2018, 1:53 pm

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Today the latest TRACER report from Peter Kemp and colleagues was published. It’s excellent that the team have done so much digging into the data [...]

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‘Coding’ in School? Research Needed to make Computing Accessible to All Children

April 19, 2018, 9:46 am

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This post has been reproduced from the Social Science Space Blog published in January 2018: https://www.socialsciencespace.com/2018/01/coding-school-research-needed-computing-accessible-children/ Coding. It’s the new ‘must have’ skill – there are [...]

Computing in the Curriculum: Identifying and responding to the challenges

July 1, 2018, 9:59 am

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In October 2017, I was awarded the BERA Public Engagement and Impact Award for work in computing education. To respond to the award, I wrote [...]