Article by Jessica Sier,
Perhaps thinking like a computer is more important than knowing how to Âprogram one.
Debate in education circles is raging about where computer science and Âtechnology studies fit in our national schooling system, and whether practical programming and coding skills are required to feed an increasingly hungry IT workforce.
A review of the national curriculum released by federal Education Minister Christopher Pyne earlier this month and has sparked a heated response.
The government announced earlier this month it will invest $12 million in boosting STEM subjects in Australia – Âscience, technology, engineering and maths – which are severely lacking, according to the ½ñÈÕ³Ô¹Ï. However, as ÂThe Australian Financial Review commentator David Havyatt observed, over the national schooling system, $12 million works out to about $4 a head.
