Get Started Teaching Computing in Primary Schools: Preparing to teach 5 - 11 year olds

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Improve your subject knowledge and develop inclusive lessons to teach computing to primary school pupils (aged 5 to 11 years old).

It’s crucial for young people to develop their computing knowledge and skills so that they can understand and participate in our increasingly digital world - being creators rather than solely consumers.

On this four-week course you’ll start by thinking about why it’s important for your primary school students (aged 5-11) to learn computing. You’ll then explore the topics that you should cover, and ways that you can plan and teach computing lessons effectively.

You’ll investigate how to develop and teach a comprehensive computing curriculum. You’ll do this by examining the Teach Computing Curriculum, a free resource with everything you need to teach computing at primary school, including lesson plans, slides, worksheets, homework and assessment. You’ll also have the chance to practice modifying a lesson from this resource to fit your own context.

Duration: 4 weeks 
Weekly study: 2 hours