[Linux-aus] Re: High school computing texts

[Donna Benjamin]

Yes, the syllabus does come first.  
The text-book second.
The shared resources third.

A friend of mine, an IT teacher, just helped write a new yr 12 text
book. I've not seen the book yet, but it's available. There are a number
of publishers who produce such text books.

A frequent point for discussion on the vic teacher IT lists is the push
in schools to use ICT throughout the curriculum - and they struggle
against the fact that computing itself, programming, algorithms, seems
to have less and less space in the curriculum.

Emphasising computing as a branch of maths, and science, and art - is
how to get heard in the new world of education in Victoria that is VELS.

For reference... Yr 12 IT syllabus around the country...

The new 2007-2010 Victorian syllabus does not mention open source.
http://www.vcaa.vic.edu.au/vce/studies/infotech/infotechindex.html

NSW
http://www.boardofstudies.nsw.edu.au/syllabus_hsc/syllabus2000_listi.html#it2006

SA
http://www.ssabsa.sa.edu.au/support/tech/2its/2its-menu.htm
http://www.ssabsa.sa.edu.au/support/tech/2ipp/2ipp-menu.htm

QLD
http://www.qsa.qld.edu.au/yrs11_12/subjects/its/index.html
http://www.qsa.qld.edu.au/yrs11_12/subjects/ipt/index.html

TAS
http://www.tqa.tas.gov.au/1161

WA
http://newwace.curriculum.wa.edu.au/pages/courses/course_computer_science.asp

ACT
Can't find it.

NT
apparently based on SACE

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