AFR – ½ñÈÕ³Ô¹Ï I Championing Mathematical Sciences for Australia’s Advancement ½ñÈÕ³Ô¹Ï Wed, 21 Dec 2016 22:43:51 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.8.17 /wp-content/uploads/2015/11/cropped-½ñÈÕ³Ô¹Ï_icon-32x32.png AFR – ½ñÈÕ³Ô¹Ï I Championing Mathematical Sciences for Australia’s Advancement 32 32 Technology lessons v thinking /2014/10/30/technology-lessons-v-thinking/ Thu, 30 Oct 2014 05:31:38 +0000 http://amsi.org.au/?p=2186 Article by Jessica Sier,

Perhaps thinking like a computer is more important than knowing how to ­program one.

Debate in education circles is raging about where computer science and ­technology 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 – ­science, technology, engineering and maths – which are severely lacking, according to the ½ñÈÕ³Ô¹Ï. However, as ­The Australian Financial Review commentator David Havyatt observed, over the national schooling system, $12 million works out to about $4 a head.

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