2nd Edition

A Practical Guide to Teaching Computing and ICT in the Secondary School

166 Pages 17 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

166 Pages 17 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

166 Pages 17 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

A Practical Guide to Teaching Computing and ICT in the Secondary School offers straightforward guidance and inspiration to support all trainee and newly qualified teachers, as well as their tutors and mentors. It will also be a source of support and ideas for qualified teachers who wish to develop their teaching of Computing as a subject, in light of recent changes to the National Curriculum.... Read more

PART 1 Your Development as a Teacher of Computing

Introduction to Part 1

  1. Developing Your Capability to Teach Computing GAVIN RHOADES
  2. Planning Computing Learning and Teaching ANDREW CONNELL AND ANTHONY EDWARDS
  3. Managing the Computing Classroom Environment to Improve Learning ANDREW CONNELL AND ANTHONY EDWARDS
  4. Assessment and Computing ALISON HRAMIAK AND NEIL STANLEY
  5. PART 2 Key Content in Computing Teaching

    Introduction to Part 2

  6. Computational Thinking ANDREW CONNELL AND ANTHONY EDWARDS
  7. Simulation ANDREW CONNELL AND ANTHONY EDWARDS
  8. Misconceptions in ICT ANDREW CONNELL AND ANTHONY EDWARDS
  9. Computing and Society ANDREW CONNELL AND ANTHONY EDWARDS

Appendices

A Planning Templates and Examples

B Examples of simple peer- and self-assessment tool

Biography

Andrew Connell is Head of Initial Teacher Education and a Senior Lecturer in Computing Teacher Education at the University of Chester.

Anthony Edwards is Associate Professor of Education and formerly Head of the School of Educational Studies at Liverpool Hope University, UK.