Programming Education What Is the Current State of Computer Science Education in the UK? In the United Kingdom, “Computing” has been a required subject since 2014. This means that all British children have been learning to code in school since the age of five.
How did they address issues such as teacher training, curriculum development, and collaboration with external organizations?
In Japan, too, various initiatives are underway among government agencies, schools, and the private sector in preparation for making programming education mandatory starting in elementary school in 2020.
What is the current situation in the UK, three years after it became mandatory? We’re holding an urgent symposium to coincide with the temporary return to Japan of Mr. Ukai, who is studying computer science education while studying abroad in the UK.
We’ll be listening closely to what he has to say!
I’ll be serving as the moderator, but since I plan to keep Mr. Ukai with us until we run out of questions (lol), I’m also collecting questions you’d like to ask in advance.
Please feel free to submit your questions!
I’m really looking forward to seeing Mr. Ukai again after so long!!!
http://canvas.ws/workshop/16595
Professor, Keio University; Ph.D. (Policy and Media)
Director, B Lab
Chairperson, Learning of Tomorrow (General Incorporated Association)
Chairperson, CANVAS
After graduating from the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Tokyo, he served as a visiting researcher at the MIT Media Lab before founding the NPO CANVAS and the Learning of Tomorrow Association, a General Incorporated Association, and assuming the role of representative. He serves as an outside director for Matsuya Co., Ltd., Fuji Media Holdings, Inc., and Digital Garage, Inc.
He has served on various government committees, including the Information and Communications Council of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, as well as the NHK Central Broadcasting Program Council. He also serves as a director of the Digital Signage Consortium, among other roles. He holds a Ph.D. in Policy and Media.
His publications include *Turning On Children’s Creativity!*, *What Are Smart Kids Doing on Their Smartphones?*, *The Forefront of Online Education in Japan: Considering Learning in the Post-COVID Era*,“What Is Programming Education? 45 Questions Parents Want to Know,” and “Declaration on Digital Education.” He has also provided supervision for numerous works, including “Ah, I See! Programming Education for Parents and Children Through Manga.”
