[LINK] Young Aussies losing ground in digital economy

[Stephen Loosley]

David writes,

> > My point is that teaching coding and only coding is short sighted.
> > 
> > The current obsession with coding at the expense of other subjects suggests
> > that the approach is "we must do something, coding has something to do with
> > computers, lets teach coding and everything will be OK".
> 
> The whole software engineering gamut from problem identification and requirements
> analysis through software design, coding & testing has to be done well if a system is
> to work effectively.. The problem with Shorten's call for coding to be taught in schools
> is that it narrows the context.

Seems like Heston complaining about Food Science / Home Eco being taught in schools
because students may misunderstand the tools, language or recipes and make mistakes.
And, what would Shorten know about teaching Info Tech? Some seem to be sucked in by
politician-simple-speak. Make no mistake the people who design your "coding" national
syllabus will be just as IT-aware as you and us. They will encourage an IT empowerment
by kids creating functioning, and real, IT sugar-scoops. Not simply using IT, controlling IT.
That's what schools are about .. empowering students, including regards info technology.

Cheers,
Stephen