Evaluating the New Secondary Informatics Curriculum in The Netherlands: The Teachers’ Perspective

Nataša Grgurina*, Jos Tolboom, Bart Penning de Vries

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Abstract

Since the introduction of Informatics as an elective course in secondary education in the Netherlands in 1998, the implemented curriculum is being regularly monitored. The results of the large 2013 secondary Informatics teachers survey contributed to the revision of the Informatics curriculum. This revised curriculum came into effect in 2019. In line with regular curriculum monitoring practices, the Netherlands Institute for Curriculum Development is polling the secondary Informatics teachers to understand their views and opinions on the intended curriculum and to learn about their implemented curriculum The results indicate that the majority of the respondents find the new Informatics curriculum better than the old one and that it offers a solid foundation for their teaching practice. A minority either misses some content in the curriculum or considers it overloaded with content, and some find it not to be up to date. Furthermore, the results of this survey are compared to the results of the 2013 survey to assess to what extent the new Informatics curriculum meets the teachers’ needs and recommendations better.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationInformatics in Schools. Beyond Bits and Bytes
Subtitle of host publicationNurturing Informatics Intelligence in Education - 16th International Conference on Informatics in Schools: Situation, Evolution, and Perspectives, ISSEP 2023, Proceedings
EditorsJean-Philippe Pellet, Gabriel Parriaux
PublisherSpringer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Pages155-166
Number of pages12
ISBN (Print)9783031448997
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Oct-2023
Event16th International Conference on Informatics in Schools: Situation, Evolution, and Perspectives, ISSEP 2023 - Lausanne, Switzerland
Duration: 23-Oct-202325-Oct-2023

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume14296 LNCS
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Conference

Conference16th International Conference on Informatics in Schools: Situation, Evolution, and Perspectives, ISSEP 2023
Country/TerritorySwitzerland
CityLausanne
Period23/10/202325/10/2023

Keywords

  • Computing curriculum
  • Informatics curriculum
  • Secondary education

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