The bootstrap community also has done a ton of work on computing-focused education, including aligning modules with math standards, etc. (US based, AFAIK, but probably easy to adapt) They've gotten great empirical results. They are very friendly. You can find them on the web here:
https://www.bootstrapworld.org/ There are social media links there and they're quite responsive. There's also a more data journalism angle, for example the Data Storytelling Studio / Data Murals out of https://datatherapy.org/, and also some of the projects at the Emerson Engagement Lab: https://elab.emerson.edu/projects FWIW, my sense is that the carpentries materials will be less effective than targeted curricula for high school, but also it's probably dependent on the teacher. As always in education, you do what you can. I'm actually quite interested in this topic, so happy to brainstorm more or even contribute (though I'm fairly constrained right now in terms of free time). Best, D On Wed, Mar 6, 2019 at 9:54 AM Sarah Brown <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Anelda, > > There's a group of academics and K-12 teachers working on Artificial > Intelligence curricula for Kindergarten-high school learners. They have a > lot of resources: AI4K12.org. I attended an event in the fall where they > had k-12 techers summarize what students at each age tend to know and be > able to learn. The materials for high schoolers are available from this > page: > https://github.com/touretzkyds/ai4k12/wiki/2018-Fall-Symposium-Materials. > > *Sarah M Brown, PhD* > sarahmbrown.org > Data Sciences Postdoctoral Research Associate > Brown University > > > On Wed, Mar 6, 2019 at 3:53 AM Anelda van der Walt < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Dear community, >> >> Colleagues of mine (copied here) have received funding from the SA >> government to run an introduction to data science course for high school >> learners (16 & 17 years old). We had some preliminary discussions about >> content, but I have no experience with that age group - what they know and >> don't know and how applicable the Carpentries materials might be to them. >> >> They specifically want to focus on Python. >> >> The course will run in July and they'll also host a datathon in December, >> where the learners will have an opportunity to participate in a competition >> to show off their skills. This means there is an opportunity to continue >> working with the learners between July and December, but taking their >> school work into consideration. >> >> Does anybody have a curriculum that have been taught to that age group >> that could help them think through their own curriculum? Any advice, >> resources, pointers would be greatly appreciated. >> >> Thanks as always! >> >> Anelda >> > *The Carpentries <https://carpentries.topicbox.com/latest>* / discuss / > see discussions <https://carpentries.topicbox.com/groups/discuss> + > participants <https://carpentries.topicbox.com/groups/discuss/members> + > delivery > options <https://carpentries.topicbox.com/groups/discuss/subscription> > Permalink > <https://carpentries.topicbox.com/groups/discuss/T5349a7f93d3d8148-M5847cfad1bcf6a8ad5161e12> > ------------------------------------------ The Carpentries: discuss Permalink: https://carpentries.topicbox.com/groups/discuss/T5349a7f93d3d8148-Me2c1bbf3b24a6998fd5800b0 Delivery options: https://carpentries.topicbox.com/groups/discuss/subscription
