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The article focuses on a global demand for increased computer science education. It states that the advent of graphical user interfaces and ready-made applications in the 1980s saw a shift from teaching computer coding to information and communications technology and reflects on a shortage of skille...

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Publicado en:Economist Vol. 411; no. 8884; pp. 57 - 59
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Economist Newspaper Limited 4/26/2014
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Sumario:The article focuses on a global demand for increased computer science education. It states that the advent of graphical user interfaces and ready-made applications in the 1980s saw a shift from teaching computer coding to information and communications technology and reflects on a shortage of skilled programmers. It compares Britain's computer science education system to that of Bavaria and Israel and claims Britain is skimping and has introduced its new curriculum in a rush.