Bringing computer science back into schools: Lessons from the UK

SIGCSE 2013 - Proceedings of the 44th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 269-274

  Brown, Neil C C ^a   Kölling, Michael ^b   Crick, Tom ^b   Jones, Simon Peyton ^c   Humphreys, Simon ^d   Sentance, Sue ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c MICROSOFT RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^d BCS   (United Kingdom)

^e ANGLIA RUSKIN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Computer Science Education; High School; Teachers

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SCIENCE EDUCATION; FEMALE STUDENTS; HIGH SCHOOL; NATIONAL LEVEL; TEACHERS;

COMPUTER SCIENCE; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; STUDENTS;

TEACHING;

EID: 84876248962     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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