Adapting the teach computing curriculum for mixed-year classes CO404
Explore progression within Teach Computing Curriculum and how to use this to adapt it for your own mixed-age setting.
Summary
The Teach Computing Curriculum is based on a learning progression from Year 1 through to Year 6, with content being organised into year groups. This spiral curriculum approach allows for skills to be revisited and built on each year, but can make organising the curriculum for mixed-age classes a challenge.
During this self-paced course, you will explore the progression within the curriculum in detail, allowing you to make informed choices about structuring the Teach Computing curriculum to best support your own setting’s mixed-age structure. You will explore different methods of adapting the curriculum to find one which best suits your own setting and the mixed-year classes within in.
Enrol now to make the Teach Computing curriculum work for you!
Who is it for?
This course is aimed at subject leaders of computing working in mixed-age settings.
How will you learn?
This online, self-paced course can be completed flexibly. You can join and start this course at any time after the advertised date, and keep access for a year after booking.
How long is this course?
This course is approximately 2 hours of self-directed learning
Outcomes
By the end of this course, you will be able to:
- Understand the progression structure of the Teach Computing curriculum
- Map the Teach Computing curriculum to best support your school’s mixed-age structure
- Identify challenges with implementing the Teach Computing curriculum in mixed-age classes and strategies to overcome them