International Computing
Primary to Lower Secondary
Collins International Primary and Lower Secondary Computing (0052/0072/0860/0082)
Authors: Rebecca Franks, Dr Tracy Gardner, Laura Sach and Liz Smart
Offer a robust, computing-specific pedagogical approach enhanced by real-world applications, with a key focus on unplugged learning, culturally responsive teaching and project-based activities.
Organised around six themes relating to computing and digital literacy – Our digital world; Content creation; Create with code; How computers work; Connect the world; The power of data
Student’s Books
● Develop students’ computing and digital literacy skills through fun, practical and relatable projects, using a rich variety of sources with an international focus
● Includes the latest hardware and software information, additionally exploring Artificial Intelligence, and empowers students to navigate the online world safely by equipping them with crucial digital safety skills
● Regular opportunities for discussion, group work, investigation and design encourage active learning throughout, including unplugged learning to explore concepts and foster computational thinking skills
Workbooks
● Designed to be used alongside the Student’s Book following the same topics and unit structure, clearly signalled activities provide further practice and extension material
● Fun and varied exercises develop and reinforce key computing skills, computational thinking principles like abstraction and decomposition skills, as well as programming and data literacy
● Ample opportunities for students to self-evaluate and reflect on progress, supporting their own metacognition and providing evidence for teacher assessment
Teacher’s Guides
● Built around an internationally sound pedagogy, this teaching framework uses a project-based approach with real-life contexts and culturally responsive examples
● Detailed lesson plans, key computing pedagogies summaries and references to further reading provide valuable support for non-specialists and develop teachers’ own practice
● Downloadable and editable files, as well as worksheets, source files and mapping grids support effective planning
About the Authors
Written by an all-female team of experts with a breadth of computing experience across industry, education and research. Their culturally responsive approach provides teachers with an accessible and inclusive learning experience for all ages and inspires greater participation and tech career pathways for all.
Rebecca Franks Tracy Gardner
Laura Sach
Liz Smart
Sample pages from Student’s Book
Collins International Computing series provides in-depth coverage of the Cambridge curriculum frameworks for Primary and Lower Secondary Computing (0059/0860) and Primary and Lower Secondary Digital Literacy (0072/0082), as well as the UK national curriculum for Computing at primary and secondary level.
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