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Previously on "The government is to scrap the 'appalling' ICT GCSE"
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Originally posted by Doggy Styles View PostCan't see much on understanding how the hardware works, but I didn't click all the links.
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Originally posted by Moscow Mule View Post
Can't see much on understanding how the hardware works, but I didn't click all the links.
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Originally posted by TheFaQQer View PostCan't remember what it used to cover - I didn't do Comp Sci at university.
These days, it probably covers switching it on, using facebook, and how to twitter. But they aren't dumbing down the A-levels. Oh no, definitely not.
http://www.ict-teacher.com/Alevel.html
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Originally posted by Doggy Styles View PostDoes the A-level cover processors, instructions, code and storage efficiency, latency, and all that malarky?
These days, it probably covers switching it on, using facebook, and how to twitter. But they aren't dumbing down the A-levels. Oh no, definitely not.
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I did a scottish standrad grade (scottish GCSE) in computing studies, and it covered programming (in comal but still programming), networking, databases, hardware etc, was actually really good from what i remember. We covered the "this is a word processor" before the GCSE stage.
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An ICT GCSE.
Is this to teach our next generation of managers on how to bring over foreign workers on ICT visas?
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Does the A-level cover processors, instructions, code and storage efficiency, latency, and all that malarky?
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Originally posted by TheFaQQer View PostI was a little saddened this year when I realized that my old school doesn't teach A level computer science any more - I wouldn't be where I am today (and no, I don't mean sat at home on the sofa because I can't find any work) if it wasn't for doing Computer Science.
It seems not being able to teach IT usefully in school is nothing new.
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My son has a 1-to-1 IT teacher becasue of his disability and his teacher is seriously rubbish. I guess that's why he is teaching it!
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Originally posted by DaveB View PostMy son started doing ICT but gave up on it because he and most of the rest of the class already knew more than the teacher. Lessons revolved around how to use different menu options in MS Word or Excel.
She was training to be a teacher.
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My son started doing ICT but gave up on it because he and most of the rest of the class already knew more than the teacher. Lessons revolved around how to use different menu options in MS Word or Excel.
Waste of time as a GCSE.
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Originally posted by Moscow Mule View PostIt's not, when the definition of IT is how to write a letter in MS Word, or how to search the internet.
IMO, this sort of thing should be taught in PSHE or IL, not as a separate subject.
I was a little saddened this year when I realized that my old school doesn't teach A level computer science any more - I wouldn't be where I am today (and no, I don't mean sat at home on the sofa because I can't find any work) if it wasn't for doing Computer Science.
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We're all doomed dinosaurs
From the article:But many children were already IT literate before they started the GCSE course. A 15-year-old who had taken to developing iPhone applications in their spare time was typically discovering that the ICT GCSE was not what they had expected.Originally posted by NickFitz View PostGot a "Hello World" app running on my iPhone!
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