Michael Gove to scrap ‘boring’ IT lessons

Micheal Gove, ministro dell’istruzione britannico, annuncia la riforma della scuola: tra i provvedimenti che saranno presi, ogni scuola avrà un programma libero di insegnamento dell’informatica secondo le esigenze dell’istituto. L’obiettivo è di far uscire i ragazzi più preparati ad affrontare il mondo del lavoro. Critiche e opinioni positive a riguardo, nell’articolo tratto dal Guardian.

L’articolo:

The teaching of computer science in school is to be dramatically overhauled, with the existing programme of study scrapped to make way for new lessons designed by industry and universities, Michael Gove will announce on Wednesday.

In a speech, the education secretary will say the existing curriculum in Information and Communication Technology (ICT) has left children “bored out of their minds being taught how to use Word and Excel by bored teachers”.

Instead he will, in effect, create an “open source” curriculum in computer science by giving schools the freedom to use teaching resources designed with input from leading employers and academics, in changes that will come into effect this September.

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