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Restart: The Resurgence of Computer Science in UK Schools

Neil C. C. Brown, Sue Sentance, Tom Crick Orcid Logo, Simon Humphreys

ACM Transactions on Computing Education, Volume: 14, Issue: 2, Pages: 1 - 22

Swansea University Author: Tom Crick Orcid Logo

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DOI (Published version): 10.1145/2602484

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Computer science in UK schools is undergoing a remarkable transformation. While the changes are not consistent across each of the four devolved nations of the UK (England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland), there are developments in each that are moving the subject to become mandatory for all pu...

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ISSN: 19466226
Published: ACM 2014
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