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An Overview of the New Science & Technology Curriculum for Wales

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Proceedings of the 26th ACM Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education V. 2

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DOI (Published version): 10.1145/3456565.3460052

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This poster introduces the emerging changes to science and technology education in Wales, as part of major school (K-12) curriculum and qualifications reform. The new bilingual Curriculum for Wales, published in January 2020 and set to phase in from September 2022, features significant changes to th...

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Published in: Proceedings of the 26th ACM Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education V. 2
ISBN: 9781450383974
ISSN: 978-1-4503-8397-4/21/06
Published: New York, NY, USA ACM 2021
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