Your Guide to Outstanding Early Childhood Practice in ICT

This title is: matched to the new 2014 computing curriculum for KS1+; the only guide available to combine ICT pedagogy and practice; perfect for starting children off to computing technology; and a user-friendly and completely accessible text. This book will show practitioners how they can cover the foundation stage curriculum for ICT and prepare the children for the new computing curriculum for KS1+. The text will provide pedagogical clarity and show schools and preschools what it is that they need to be doing to demonstrate outstanding practice. Computational thinking will also be extended beyond the use of computers, and its relevance to supporting the child's wider cognitive development and learning will be emphasised. Preschool educators have in fact been pioneers in this area. The 'Computational Thinking' curriculum began in preschools, and was included through the programming of robotic toys and floor turtles in the very first Foundation Stage guidance in 2000. the text will identify the very solid research evidence that supports this educational initiative and provide tools and advice on how to set curriculum development targets and how to evaluate progress. The book also counters gender inequality - providing a more accessible and motivating approach to ICT for girls.