Hi All,
Do any members of this list have contact with the UK education system?
My own sons are well past GCSE education but I am still interested what
the schools are teaching today as I am actively trying to evangelise
FOSS in my local area. I am specifically interested in the newly
introduced Computing GCSE. Is it any better at covering FOSS issues?
I am under the impression that the UK education system has, for the last
generation, taught the mantra:-
Microsoft = Computers and visa versa
The new GCSE is, in my understanding, supposed to teach a more rounded
approach to computer science. However a quick look at the BBC Bitesize
revision aid has the following page:-
http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/guides/z6r86sg/revision/4
...with the graphic at the bottom describing open source software as
having "No guarantees of high quality". Most of us (sarcasm alert) are
well aware about the high quality experience that one gets from some
proprietary software so I found this comment to be rather unfair.
Therefore, returning to my original question, does anyone know if the
new GCSE course content give FOSS a fair review?
Barry T
PS. The first page of that BBC Bitesize section has a "Tell us what you
think" button if anyone else would like to register their feedback as well.
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