How to Successfully Engage Primary School Learners In Coding

Course summary

This course will help you understand what coding actually is, how it applies to the real world and how to step into a primary classroom with the confidence to engage your learners and get them excited for their coding journey.

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You will learn:

• What coding is and why it is important.
• An overview of how coding fits into the Australian Curriculum.
• Some useful mindsets to prepare you for teaching coding.
• How to teach students coding in a way that is both engaging and achievable.

Course time:

This course will take you 2 hours to complete. Enjoy it in one session or spread it out over a few weeks. You will have ongoing access via your personal dashboard.

Accreditation:

This course is mapped to the Professional Standards for Teachers. It is accredited for teacher professional development hours in the following states and territories:

Proficient Teacher – all states and territories except NSW:

• 3.3 Select and use relevant teaching strategies to develop knowledge, skills, problem-solving and critical and creative thinking.

This course is not currently accredited in NSW (NESA). However, it can be counted toward NESA PD elective hours.

This course is accredited by TQI for 2 hours of professional development for teachers in the ACT for 2024.

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Course Content

Introduction

01.

Introduction

02.

Set some learning goals

03.

Why do we need to actively engage students in learning how to code?

04.

What is coding?

05.

Some Coding Terms

Coding in the Australian Curriculum

06.

Coding in the Australian landscape

07.

An overview of digital literacies

08.

Soft skills learned through coding

09.

The role of digital citizenship

Preparing To Teach

10.

Understanding bias

11.

Set up a growth mindset

12.

Links to current studies/interests

Getting Started

13.

Explore students' prior knowledge (guiding question prompts)

14.

Give examples to introduce key concepts (sequencing, if/then algorithm)

Going Online

15.

Resources

Your Teaching

16.

The next steps

17.

Cool lesson plans

Reflection

18.

Suggestions for collaboration

19.

Taxonomy of learning

20.

Congratulations

Course instructors

After completing her Bachelor of Business, Anna Hayes made the change to classroom teaching in 2013. Her education background has included a range of leadership positions. Anna has also worked as the Education Director at Code Like a Girl. Anna is currently studying Cyber Security and is passionate about challenging gender stereotypes through early education.

Jarryd Bendall comes from a long line of teachers, which is why he initially avoided this calling. After a myriad of roles in law, medicine, used car sales, and as the mascot for the Western Bulldogs AFL team, Jarryd eventually taught primary school for a number of years, before combining his love for writing and education in an Education Specialist role with Cool. This role sees him as a bridge between knowledgeable industry experts and classroom teachers, bringing excellence into the classroom and challenging the average curriculum with innovative and effective ideas.
Jarryd will be on hand to answer any questions and help you navigate this course.

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