Python has become a standard for many (although not all) secondary schools teaching Digital Technologies in Queensland and Australia more broadly. Yet challenges remain in bridging the gap between technical skills that schools are expected to teach and the expertise that industry requires.
This talk is for those who are interested about the future pipeline of home-grown coders. I intend providing a high-level summary of what sorts of skills underpin the senior Digital Solutions syllabus, as well as personal observations in what skills are being valued and those that are likely to be neglected as students enter tertiary pathways or industry.
Matt is the Acting Head of Teaching and Learning at Fairholme College, an all girls’ boarding school in Toowoomba, Queensland. He has been a teacher for over seventeen years, much of it devoted to digital technologies and related fields. He currently teaches senior Digital Solutions and has a strong interest in how to foster useful, post-schooling skillsets in future developers.
