{"id":2669,"date":"2013-07-08T15:32:13","date_gmt":"2013-07-08T15:32:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/atwdev.co.uk\/basda\/?post_type=post&#038;p=1007"},"modified":"2017-08-16T08:33:53","modified_gmt":"2017-08-16T08:33:53","slug":"software-developers-of-the-future-national-curriculum-to-focus-on-computer-programming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atwdev.co.uk\/basda\/blog\/software-developers-of-the-future-national-curriculum-to-focus-on-computer-programming\/","title":{"rendered":"Software Developers of the Future &#8211; National Curriculum to focus on Computer Programming"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With Michael Gove&#8217;s changes to the National Curriculum, it has got to be good news for the UK software development industry that there is\u00a0a change to focus on writing computer programs rather than just using them?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Computing<\/strong> will teach pupils how to write code. Pupils aged five<br \/>\nto seven will be expected to &#8220;understand what algorithms are&#8221; and to &#8220;create and<br \/>\ndebug simple programs&#8221;. By the age of 11, pupils will have to &#8220;design, use and<br \/>\nevaluate computational abstractions that model the state and behaviour of<br \/>\nreal-world problems and physical systems&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a title=\"BBC News School Curriculum Computing\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/education-23222068\" target=\"_blank\">BBC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>You can download the Government Consultation Report here:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h5><a href=\"https:\/\/www.education.gov.uk\/consultations\/downloadableDocs\/CONSULTATION%20REPORT%20CHANGING%20ICT%20TO%20COMPUTING%20IN%20THE%20NATIONAL%20CURRICULU1.docx\" target=\"_blank\">Download Report &#8211; Changing ICT to computing in the national curriculum <\/a><\/h5>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With Michael Gove&#8217;s changes to the National Curriculum, it has got to be good news for the UK software development industry that there is\u00a0a change to focus on writing computer programs rather than just using them? 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