[Year 12 Its] Programming languages - IT 1&2 & Software 3&4

[Con Zymaris]

On Wed, Jun 07, 2006 at 11:34:18AM +1000, gordonp at horsham-college.vic.edu.au wrote:
> 
> Your criteria differ a little from the VCAA ones Con.
> 
> >If kids aren't interested in learning the technical 
> > complexities of software construction, why are they >doing these subjects? 
> 
> Where do you start for a big rural school? I have 2 classes of Systems. 
> 50% of the kids just want a VCE and are not interested in an ENTER 
> score. 25% want an ENTER but will never use ie work on farm or family 
> business etc. The other quarter expect to go to uni but only 2 of my 
> students will go into IT courses. These 2 (actually in Year 11) will do 
> a 1st year Java course next year with my help and have some credit up 
> their sleeves for uni the following year.
> 
> In short they are doing this subject for a multitude of reasons with 
> very few (in my part of the world) interested in IT as a career. 
> 

Having students which aren't that interested in IT doing IT, seems to 
result in the dumbing down of IT courses. This is not good. 

Cheers,

Con Zymaris

- CEO, Cybersource Pty. Ltd.
- Director, Open Source Industry Australia, Limited.
- Convenor, Open Source Victoria (A Government-funded industry cluster.)
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