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Reminder: get off the piggy train to teach skills for the future

January 27, 2023, Code School Finland

A girl in a piggy train

To keep school education relevant and motivating for students, learning goals should be connected to real life. When it comes to teaching coding, we see too many “piggy trains” where a student just plays a game and follows instructions.

Filed Under: Articles, News, Updates Tagged With: 21st century skills, code, Coding, coding education, programming

South African kids return to classrooms for learning coding and skills for the changing world

March 4, 2021, Code School Finland

Photo of students in computer classroom in South Africa.

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.

Filed Under: Articles, News, Updates Tagged With: CAPS, Coding, coding education, primary schools, South Africa

The secret of Finnish coding education

November 23, 2020, Code School Finland

Photo of two primary school girls studying coding in a classroom.

The Finnish education system is known for teaching kids to code already in primary school. We often get asked what other countries could learn from the Finnish approach on coding education. Here are our top picks.

Filed Under: Articles, News, Updates Tagged With: 21st century skills, coding education, Finnish education, teacher training

Student-centred learning is in the heart of teaching coding – and this calls for a change in the role of the teacher

September 28, 2020, Code School Finland

Why should our students learn how to code? The answer is not “so that they would do better in tests”. Coding skills are a vital 21st century competence that should be seen as the future literacy for all rather than as a skill set for some. As technology surrounds us, those who can understand and […]

Filed Under: Articles, Updates Tagged With: coding education, project-based learning, student-centred, teacher training

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