A 2020-2023 development program New literacy skills aims to further strengthen media literacy, ICT skills and programming skills in childhood education and pre-primary and basic education.
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The impact of Code School Finland pedagogy to coding attitudes and computational thinking
Our recent case study shows how students’ interest toward coding, co-operativity and collaborative problem-solving were effectively promoted during a 16-week coding course.
Free live webinar for parents: Quality coding education at schools – Checklist for parents
Date and time Tuesday 25th May at 13:00 CET / 14:00 EET / 19:00 CSTDuration: 30 minutes Studying future skills, such as problem solving and collaboration skills, ICT and media literacy helps ensure success in life no matter what the future is like. This webinar is to raise awareness on how schools in Finland teach […]
Free live webinar: Three keys to successful coding education
What to consider when organizing coding education in your school? You can reach impressive learning results without straining your teachers with the right pedagogy and high-quality tools.
Improve teachers’ ability to teach coding without improving teachers’ coding ability
A recent case study on teachers’ perceptions before and after taking the 21st Century Coding Pedagogy online course shows that participants’ confidence levels about teaching coding increased. They felt better equipped to teach coding, although they did not get any additional training on coding content knowledge.
Case study: training teachers into 21st century coding pedagogy online
Related to a recent training program with participants from Malaysia and Hungary, I prepared a research study about how attending our course would change the participants’ perceptions and attitudes towards their own role as a coding teacher. Sign up to receive full details.
South African kids return to classrooms for learning coding and skills for the changing world
In preparation for the nationwide roll-out plan of coding & robotics announced by President Cyril Ramaphosa and the department of basic education, forward-looking schools are already running coding courses in classrooms.
Case Study: Project-based learning (PBL) online
We taught programming&working-life skills to students in Malaysia using project-based learning approach entirely online. Experiences and results now available via a case study.
