EDUS3411: COMPUTING 3

• EDUS2451 Computing 2

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• This module builds upon the skills introduced and the knowledge gained at Level 2.
• It further develops skills in the creation of programmes and computational knowledge relevant to the primary classroom.
• It further develops knowledge and understanding of the educational implications of Computer Science as revealed in the research and other appropriate literature and it introduces students to the implications for the management and leadership of Computing and Computational Thinking within the professional context of the primary school.

• In this module students will work with a range of research and other appropriate literature to develop an understanding of the implications of the use of Information Technology, Digital Literacy, and Computer Science for the management, leadership and change of the curriculum and of educational institutions.
• Students will develop previously acquired skills to create an advanced programme relevant to a specified area of the curriculum in the primary school that will demonstrate their understanding of the key elements of the curriculum area, and of management and leadership issues involved.

Subject-specific Knowledge:

• An undertanding of Computer Science in relation to concepts of creativity and coding
• The use and application of Computational Thinking to design, write and debug programs that accomplish specific goals
• The understanding of computational thinking as applied to networks and computer architectures.
• The research literature concerning curriculum leadership in Computer Science within schools.

Subject-specific Skills:

• think critically and independently
• analyse, synthesise and evaluate primary and/or secondary data;
• construct and sustain a reasonable argument.
• develop purposeful and productive Computational Thinking environments in the primary classroom;
• Implement the skill of computational thinking within teaching and leadership

Key Skills:

• think clearly, analytical and systematically about problems, issues and concepts
• communicate ideas, principles and theories effectively in a variety of ways;
• work effectively on given tasks and activities
• use learning technology in a variety of ways;
• manage time and work to deadlines.

• Key concepts and ideas will be explained in lectures and practicals.
• Concepts and the study of research and other literature will be introduced in lectures and also worked through in seminars.
• Independent learning will be facilitated by asking students to prepare for lectures, seminars and also by working in small groups to produce presentations that will be delivered to the rest of the class and subsequently analysed and discussed and demonstrated in the practial project..
• Independent learning will also be facilitated by allowing students time, resources and support to develop an essay plan and completed essay that will demonstrate this.

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