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Well, first I wondered, but the key sentence to this article is this: > "if the Labor party should win government they would introduce coding and digital techn

by maze-le 11y ago

Well, first I wondered, but the key sentence to this article is this: > "if the Labor party should win government they would introduce coding and digital technologies training in Primary Schools" Opposition to that plan is understandable I think... "Technologies training" in primary school is not necessary, and i doubt that it will be of any benefit. If I would have been confronted with "computer tech"-courses in primary school, I sure-as-hell would not have developed any enthusiasm for this topic in the first place... (Most) kids at that age lack the ability of abstraction that is nessesary to understand this topic.

Daneel_ 11y ago
On the contrary, I was fortunate enough to be taught LOGO in primary school on an Apple II, and I attribute a lot of my interest in computers, robotics and mathematics to that early exposure. I still have extremely fond memories of those learning experiences. I'm Australian, for reference, and I believe that kids should certainly be exposed to coding from an early age - it assists in problem solving, and we certainly need more skilled problem solvers in our society.
- maze-le 11y ago
  It probably depends on the way the teaching is done. My interest for mathematics for example has developed at the university, before that, I literally 'hated' it, an that is mostly the fault of bad teachers, not the subject itself. So yes you have a point there.