Children Learning to Code : Essential for 21st Century Human Capital
This book explores the premise that coding is an essential 21st century skill required for all. Learning of coding does not merely mean learn the syntax, grammar and usage of a specific computer language like Python or Ruby, but the deeper concept...
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| Language: | English |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2019
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/442801554179435921/Russia-Leading-with-21st-Century-Skills-Partnerships-for-Transformative-Action http://hdl.handle.net/10986/31528 |
| Summary: | This book explores the premise that
coding is an essential 21st century skill required for all.
Learning of coding does not merely mean learn the syntax,
grammar and usage of a specific computer language like
Python or Ruby, but the deeper concept of computational
thinking. It is possible to learn aspects of computational
thinking without learning coding, but coding is essential to
acquire a sound understanding and knowledge of computational
thinking. The book is intended to be helpful to policy
makers at the Federal and Regional level who are concerned
about the need for the Russian Education system to be
responsive to the demands that will be faced by children
growing up today into a networked, connected world of
ever-increasing digitization and online and offline
collaboration. The book will also be helpful to teachers and
parents and other adults who are interested in understanding
more about the subject of preparing children for the 21st
century from both theoretical and practical perspectives. It
is also useful to explain what this book is not, even though
it refers to a substantive body of rich and growing academic
work on the subject, it is not intended to be an academic
work that would contribute new knowledge. Most of this
academic work does not appear in headlines or social media
feeds of non-specialists, but quite a bit of the work is
very interesting and relevant. This book has tried to
translate some of this knowledge in understandable terms to
policy makers and practitioners, without oversimplifying
complex realities. An extensive set of references including
website urls will allow the interested reader to delve
deeper into any of the topics. |
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