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Rethinking Digital Competencies in the New Curriculum for Wales

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ITiCSE '22: Proceedings of the 27th ACM Conference on on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education Vol. 2

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We introduce the major changes to computer science (CS) education in Wales, UK, as part of wider school-level (K-12) curriculum, qualifications and system-level reforms. The new Curriculum for Wales (Cwricwlwm i Gymru), starting from September 2022, reinforces the societal importance of digital competence as a statutory cross-curricular skill alongside literacy and numeracy, for all learners aged 3-16. It also offers significant changes to the discipline of CS, as part of a new interdisciplinary Science & Technology "area of learning and experience". We introduce the high-level rationale and characteristics of this new bilingual national curriculum. Finally, we consider what this means for school-level digital competence and CS education, and especially how it can influence digital pedagogy and practice in Wales as the new curriculum is implemented.

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Rethinking Digital Competencies in the New Curriculum for Wales
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    1. Computing education
      1. K-12 education

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ISBN:9781450392006

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Crick T(2023)Critical Reflections on the First Year of Computer Science in the New Curriculum for WalesProceedings of the 2023 Conference on United Kingdom & Ireland Computing Education Research10.1145/3610969.3611141(1-1)Online publication date: 7-Sep-2023
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Lowthian EFee GWakeham CClegg ZCrick TAnthony R(2023)Identifying protective and risk behavior patterns of online communication in young peopleJournal of Adolescence10.1002/jad.1227096:2(235-250)Online publication date: 6-Nov-2023
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