in an effort to stop children turning away from the subject.
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Originally posted by George Parr View PostI suppose that it's got nothing to do with the younsters being smart enough to know that there is no long-term career prospects for them in the field.Karen Price, CEO of e-skills, said there had been a 50% fall in computing degree applicants because children found the ICT GCSE "boring".How did this happen? Who's to blame? Well certainly there are those more responsible than others, and they will be held accountable, but again truth be told, if you're looking for the guilty, you need only look into a mirror.
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E-Skills predicts the industry would need 140,000 IT professionals a year by 2012.
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It's true about the standard of ICT teaching. Most teachers are rubbish at working a computer."See, you think I give a tulip. Wrong. In fact, while you talk, I'm thinking; How can I give less of a tulip? That's why I look interested."Comment
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It's about time the government came clean on recognised that it is not worth teaching IT.The government is to scrap the 'appalling' ICT GCSEComment
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It's not, when the definition of IT is how to write a letter in MS Word, or how to search the internet.Originally posted by TimberWolf View Post
IMO, this sort of thing should be taught in PSHE or IL, not as a separate subject."See, you think I give a tulip. Wrong. In fact, while you talk, I'm thinking; How can I give less of a tulip? That's why I look interested."Comment
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How did this happen? Who's to blame? Well certainly there are those more responsible than others, and they will be held accountable, but again truth be told, if you're looking for the guilty, you need only look into a mirror.
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Integrated Learning.Originally posted by HairyArsedBloke View Post"See, you think I give a tulip. Wrong. In fact, while you talk, I'm thinking; How can I give less of a tulip? That's why I look interested."Comment
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From the article:From TPD:But many children were already IT literate before they started the GCSE course. A 15-year-old who had taken to developing iPhone applications in their spare time was typically discovering that the ICT GCSE was not what they had expected.Originally posted by NickFitz View PostGot a "Hello World" app running on my iPhone!
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