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It has to be said that we only have what the article calls social literacy - i.e. a largely correct assumption that everybody can read and write - because there
by nhaehnle 14y ago
It has to be said that we only have what the article calls social literacy - i.e. a largely correct assumption that everybody can read and write - because there are laws in place that make it so. Everybody has to learn reading and writing in school.
I don't think social computer-literacy can be achieved without making it a mandatory part of everybody's school curriculum.
So the question we have to debate is whether computer-literacy should be such a mandatory part of the curriculum. I am not completely certain on this, but my instincts tell me that the answer is Yes.
- keithpeter 14y agoMaths is a mandatory part of the curriculum in the UK and I'm sure in the US and in many countries. Famously, we are not very good at it as a country. Teenagers are asking for 'real world' maths more, they don't like the abstract nature of mathematics as found in standard syllabi. How about incorporating mathematical modelling as part of school maths? Using Excel/Calc or a programming environment such as Scratch? http://scratch.mit.edu/ http://scratch.mit.edu/ Any mileage? The history of school maths by the way is pretty political: no stats before about 1950 in the UK, and then only for the top 10%. Arithmetic for the workers.
- rimantas 14y agoThe answer is no.