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This might interest you (if you haven't seen it already): http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2012/jan/10/computer-science-in-schools-scotland http://www.guardi

• arethuza 15y ago
  Have a look at a recent paper from the Scottish Computing Advanced Higher exam: http://www.sqa.org.uk/pastpapers/papers/papers/2011/AH_Computing_all_2011.pdf http://www.sqa.org.uk/pastpapers/papers/papers/2011/AH_Compu... Looks pretty good to me - it has everything from Prolog down to assembly in it.
  • leoedin 15y ago
    It's great in theory, less in practice. The school I went to in Scotland only offered computing up to a level known as "Intermediate 2", which was somewhere between a GCSE and an AS level. We did some Java programming, and it was quite an interesting class that provided enough of a basis in basic programming concepts that I was able to continue learning, but that was it. Higher computing? You had to get a 30 minute bus to a local adult-education type college. Advanced higer computer science? I wouldn't be surprised if fewer than 100 people a year actually sit that exam. I did advanced higher maths, and only 400 people sit the exam a year. The Scottish curriculum is often quite good (AH maths taught me the first year and a half of my engineering degree's maths modules), but it suffers from a lack of students taking it. It's poorly recognised outside of Scotland (AH's are generally harder than A levels, yet are seen on the same level by most English universities), and the private schools that would give it some clout almost all use the English curriculum.
    • arethuza 15y ago
      Sounds very much like the Sixth Year Studies courses I did in the early 80s - very few people did them.