Skills Knowledge Enhancement in Computer Science
Vocational qualification
In Liverpool
Description
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Type
Vocational qualification
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Location
Liverpool
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Duration
8 Weeks
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Start date
Different dates available
Overview
“Computing is not about computers any more. It is about living.”
- N. Negroponte
“You know something is wrong when you have a million young people unemployed and 100,000 jobs vacant in IT.”
- I. Livingstone
This course is for graduates who want to teach Computing/Computer Science but whose degree is not a direct match, or whose specialist subject knowledge needs deepening prior to training for qualified teacher status (QTS/PGCE). It’s part of a government funded scheme to enhance subject-specific skills and knowledge, hence it will be offered free of charge to applicants who meet the pre Initial Teacher Training (ITT) eligibility criterion. We currently have 10 funded places available. Those who do not meet this criterion can opt to do a CPD Course on Computer Science for Schools, that we also offer. For more information on this, please contact Dr David Reid reidd@hope.ac.uk.
We have carefully designed an eight week course for Computing/Computer Science that covers the new curriculum and teaches Computing skills from the ground up in a way that makes it relevant and interesting to school children. We believe that there is a vast untapped creative potential that the old curriculum is stifling. This is your chance to make a difference.
Even during the current times of economic austerity a large skills gap continues to develop. Increasing numbers of technically skilled people are needed in ever increasingly diverse roles. Yet the numbers of graduates and school leavers with the relevant skill set to fill these posts continues to fall. There is a critical technological and scientific skills shortage. As a country we are in danger of becoming irrelevant in the new technological age. This has massive implications for the economic and scientific wellbeing of the UK. The school curriculum is changing to meet these needs, the demand for Computing teachers skyrocketing, however there simply are not enough qualified teachers to teach this new...
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The course is taught by experienced Computer Science lecturers. Lessons will formally take place on Wednesdays 5.00pm - 8.00pm for a duration of 8 weeks.
Topics will include:
Computing Concepts and Programming with Processing.
Advanced Concepts and Programming with Python.
Data structures and algorithms in Python and Processing.
Programming for the Web.
Game Programming.
Mobile and Small Devices Programming.
Some Useful...
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Subjects
- Computing
- School
- Industry
Course programme
Skills Knowledge Enhancement in Computer Science