Get started with the Teach Computing Curriculum in your primary school
CO040 Online course
Improve understanding of computing using the freely available Teach Computing Curriculum and understand how to use it to deliver computing in your primary school.
Skip to course bookingFind out how how to use the Teach Computing Curriculum to teach computing to primary school pupils. In this course you will explore freely available resources, looking at how they support the development of subject knowledge and skills in computing. This will ensure that you can deliver the curriculum effectively in your school.
Who is it for?
This course will suit you if you’re a primary teacher or subject leader of computing wanting to grow your computing knowledge and build confidence in helping your pupils to develop their computing knowledge and skills.
Topics covered
- Design and structure of the Teach Computing Curriculum
- Resources needed to deliver the curriculum
- Computing systems and Networks
- Programming
- Data and information
- Creating media
- Overarching themes
- Pedagogies used to teach computing
How long is this course?
This is approximately 8 hours of self-directed learning.
How will you learn?
This course is not facilitated. You can learn independently or with colleagues to directly address your individual needs.
Outcomes
By the end of the course, you will be able to:
- Explain the aims and design of the Teach Computing Curriculum(TCC).
- Identify issues with implementing the TCC in your school and strategies for overcoming them.
- Identify progression across the strands within the curriculum.
- Show increased subject knowledge in different areas of computing.
- Explain strategies for effective teaching of computing.
- Plan for successful implementation of the TCC within your school.
This course is part of Teach primary computing
Teach primary computing
Our nationally recognised qualification will support you to demonstrate your commitment to developing your own practice and to computing as a school subject.
Join this course
You need to be logged in to join the course.
Adapted teaching and effective learning interventions in secondary computing
Develop an evidence-informed approach to education recovery over a sustained period, securing the computing education of young people following a period of great disruption.
Adapting the Teach Computing Curriculum for mixed-year classes - short course
Explore progression within Teach Computing Curriculum and how to use this to adapt it for your own mixed-age setting.
AI in primary computing
Explore how Artificial Intelligence (AI) may be linked to aspects of the primary computing curriculum, supporting creativity, digital literacy, and the use of information technology.