International Business Times

Coding is now an integral part of the new national curriculum in England, which was designed to help more students gain an understanding and appreciation of modern technology. "Computer programs are among the largest and most sophisticated artifacts that human beings have ever built," says Microsoft researcher Simon Peyton Jones. Within the new curriculum, computer science is treated as a foundational discipline that every child must know. The curriculum aims to develop computational thinking skills that will enable pupils to understand and change the world. "Not every child needs to learn a programming language, but without some understanding of how code works and how it affects our lives, we may be depriving young people of new avenues to creativity, and valuable skills for the job market," says Kuato Studios' David Miller. TO READ FURTHER, PLEASE VISIT http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/coding-classroom-computational-thinking-will-allow-children-change-world-1463493.