{"id":1693,"date":"2013-01-31T13:36:55","date_gmt":"2013-01-31T13:36:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/178.62.14.192\/?p=1693"},"modified":"2013-01-31T13:36:55","modified_gmt":"2013-01-31T13:36:55","slug":"computer-science-added-to-core-subjects-of-english-baccalaureate-hope-for-raspberrypi-raspberry_pi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=1693","title":{"rendered":"Computer Science added to core subjects of English Baccalaureate &#8211; Hope for #RaspberryPi? @Raspberry_Pi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.zdnet.com\/uk\/raspberry-pi-and-comp-sci-is-it-teaching-back-on-track-7000010612\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" alt=\"Raspberry Pi and Comp Sci: Is IT teaching back on track? | ZDNet\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/ebacc1.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Computer science has been added to the list of core subjects that make up the English Baccalaureate (EBacc) qualification, which is used as a measure of success for school league tables in England.<\/p>\n<p>Michael Gove, the Education Secretary, said today: &#8220;It is great news that Google is helping the brilliant Raspberry Pi project. We are replacing the old-fashioned ICT curriculum with a Computer Science curriculum. This will combine with the Raspberry Pi project to spread teaching of computer coding which is so educationally and economically vital.&#8221; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.education.gov.uk\/inthenews\/inthenews\/a00221085\/ebacccompsci\">A full statement from the Department of Education can be read here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>More details on ZDNet:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.zdnet.com\/uk\/raspberry-pi-and-comp-sci-is-it-teaching-back-on-track-7000010612\/\">Raspberry Pi and Comp Sci: Is IT teaching back on track? | ZDNet<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Whether this has any relevance for the Raspberry Pi remains to be seen. In fact, it relies a lot on the Raspberry Pi Foundation and it&#8217;s efforts to get the Pi recognised as a realistic tool for the teaching of computer science in schools. The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.raspberrypi.org\/archives\/3159\">recent appointment of Clive Beale as Director of Educational Development at the Foundation<\/a> can only help to enhance their efforts. I wish him well in taking on the Department of Education and the education community as a whole.<\/p>\n<p>For myself, I believe that the Pi has a good chance of being recognised in this fashion. It is, as has been said over and over again, a cheap platform that is very accessible to those who are serious about computer science. If a student chooses Computer Science as a core subject for the EBacc, I would expect them to have a reasonable commitment to studying it, and the Pi is not only gadget-y and &#8216;cool&#8217; but also easily available now, thanks to the sterling efforts of Farnell (in particular).<\/p>\n<p>If anyone reading this blog is intending to bring the Pi into their Computer Science courses, please feel free to comment &#8211; it&#8217;d be great to engage with people in education. I&#8217;m a strong believer in the power, so to speak, of the Pi in education and would love to hear of some success stories, or even some valiant attempts!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Computer science has been added to the list of core subjects that make up the English Baccalaureate (EBacc) qualification, which is used as a measure of success for school league tables in England. 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