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Computer Education Group of the British Computer Society
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Richard Millwood
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Feb 10, 2026
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Computer Literacy in UK Education - an Evolving Strategy
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Richard Millwood
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May 16, 2008
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Gardner & McMullan 1990 – The quest for the best methods of providing computer/information technology literacy and competence for
school pupils has taxed the British education system for almost three decades. This paper maps the various developments over this period and considers how the different viewpoints have contributed to the current position in which the conventional curricular subject, computer studies, is being actively discouraged as the prime vehicle for promoting information technology literacy.
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Computers in the Curriculum Project
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Richard Millwood
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Mar 21, 2008
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From 1972 to 1991 the Computers in the Curriculum Project was funded by the Schools Council and subsequently by the Microelectronics Education Programme and others to develop simulation software for the secondary curriculum.
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Computers in the Curriculum Project - 30 years on
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Richard Millwood
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Sep 01, 2014
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This project was active ten years before microcomputers became common in schools in the early eighties, but hit its peak of activity around 1984, when this newsletter was published
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Constructing vocational education: from TVEI to GNVQ
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Richard Millwood
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Jul 13, 2008
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David Yeomans 1996 This paper draws upon two major ESRC-funded projects, a medium term study of the impact of TVEI and a study of the construction of the GNVQ curriculum as well as several smaller research and evaluation projects concerned with TVEI and GNVQs. The paper compares TVEI and GNVQ and draws out some of the similarities and differences. It will focus upon the different policy and implementation frameworks provided by the two programmes and the implications of these differences for practice.
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Design for learning
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Richard Millwood
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Jul 15, 2008
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Many authors have attempted to make resources for others to benefit from the experience of designing learning materials. Some have been specific to technologies and time-bound, others rise above to lay down concepts and rules-of-thumb which endure
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Domesday Reloaded
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Richard Millwood
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May 16, 2011
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Jul 18, 2015 06:36 AM
From October 2010 to May 2011 The National Archive of Educational Computing loaned a BBC Domesday set to the BBC to help develop this project
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Early documents discovered
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Feb 10, 2026
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A visit from Peter Kemp, who is writing a history of Computer Science education led to the discovery of two early documents from the sixties and from the eighties.
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