What is Coding?

Coding, or computer programming, is giving a computer step-by-step commands to tell it what to do.

Why teach coding?

Students who have mastered coding can construct, hypothesise, explore, experiment, evaluate, and draw conclusions. 

Coding is an important and necessary future-focused literacy. It is included as part of the school curricula in many countries who recognise this.

Five reasons to teach coding:

• Coding is a tool to improve educational equity

• Coding offers inclusion

• Coding can improve neuroplasticity

• Coding improves Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) proficiencies

• Coding is an important and necessary future-focused literacy.

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