Computing at school: Stimulating computing education in the UK

Proceedings - 11th Koli Calling International Conference on Computing Education Research, Koli Calling'11

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 122-123

  Crick, Tom ^a   Sentance, Sue ^b  

^a CARDIFF METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b ANGLIA RUSKIN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Computer science education; Computing; ICT; STEM; UK education policy

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SCIENCE EDUCATION; COMPUTING; ICT; STEM; UK EDUCATION POLICY;

EDUCATION;

EID: 84856680059     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/2094131.2094158     Document Type: Conference Paper

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