Computer science at post primary in Ireland: Specification design and key skills integration

Cornelia Connolly

doi:10.1145/3265757.3265760

Computer science at post primary in Ireland: Specification design and key skills integration

Cornelia Connolly

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Abstract

The society our children are growing up in is one which has been fundamentally transformed by new technology, consequently the curriculum in our education system must prepare them to flourish and equip them with skills for the future. The introduction of Computer Science as a Leaving Certificate subject is part of the Irish Government's overall commitment to Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) education to support innovation for the future prosperity of the country. It is envisaged that Computer Science will be an examinable subject made available to all schools in Ireland from September 2020. Computer Science (CS) has been introduced to post-primary schools for the first time ever in Ireland with forty schools teaching the subject in the initial phased rollout of the subject. In addition, this will be the first time Irish students will have a computerized final State examination. The high-stakes state examination at the end of post-primary level education in Ireland is known as the Leaving Certificate and the results are used to apply to third-level education institutions. This presentation will describe the development of the Computer Science specification and provide an overview of the subject, with particular attention to the integration of traditional Computer Science concepts and key skills development as part of national post primary education reforms in Ireland.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 13th Workshop in Primary and Secondary Computing Education, WiPSCE 2018
Editors	Quintin Cutts, Andreas Muhling
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery
ISBN (Electronic)	9781450365888
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/3265757.3265760
Publication status	Published - 4 Oct 2018
Event	13th Workshop in Primary and Secondary Computing Education, WiPSCE 2018 - Potsdam, Germany Duration: 4 Oct 2018 → 6 Oct 2018

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Conference	13th Workshop in Primary and Secondary Computing Education, WiPSCE 2018
Country/Territory	Germany
City	Potsdam
Period	4/10/18 → 6/10/18

Keywords

Computer science education
Curriculum
Key skills

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Connolly, C. (2018). Computer science at post primary in Ireland: Specification design and key skills integration. In Q. Cutts, & A. Muhling (Eds.), Proceedings of the 13th Workshop in Primary and Secondary Computing Education, WiPSCE 2018 Article a1 (ACM International Conference Proceeding Series). Association for Computing Machinery. https://doi.org/10.1145/3265757.3265760

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Connolly, C 2018, Computer science at post primary in Ireland: Specification design and key skills integration. in Q Cutts & A Muhling (eds), Proceedings of the 13th Workshop in Primary and Secondary Computing Education, WiPSCE 2018., a1, ACM International Conference Proceeding Series, Association for Computing Machinery, 13th Workshop in Primary and Secondary Computing Education, WiPSCE 2018, Potsdam, Germany, 4/10/18. https://doi.org/10.1145/3265757.3265760

Computer science at post primary in Ireland: Specification design and key skills integration. / Connolly, Cornelia.
Proceedings of the 13th Workshop in Primary and Secondary Computing Education, WiPSCE 2018. ed. / Quintin Cutts; Andreas Muhling. Association for Computing Machinery, 2018. a1 (ACM International Conference Proceeding Series).

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