Resources to support CS teaching in Scottish Schools
Promoting Computer Science as an exciting, important, and accessible subject to students in Scottish schools has been a priority for outreach efforts by the School of Computer Science. We have successfully delivered a range of outreach activities, from informative presentations, exhibits and demos to engaging hands-on coding workshops, designed to spark an interest in the subject among secondary students.
However, there is a recurring issue raised by teachers: how can they bring and sustain this level of engagement in the classroom? Despite having a curriculum as a guiding framework for their teaching, they frequently encounter a lack of resources needed to support students in their learning. Consequently, we have decided to set up a project aimed at producing or sourcing effective teaching materials that are closely aligned with the SQA curriculum, in order to aid teachers in their instruction.
Keywords
Outreach, School CS Curriculum, SQA
Staff
[Richard Connor]{rchc} and [Dharini Balasubramaniam]{db9}