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Hugo G. Lapierre, Chargé de cours en technologie éducative; Doctorant en éducation (didactique de la programmation), Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM)

Why elementary and high school students should learn computer programming

Ontario's elementary and secondary school curricula now include coding, a most basic aspect of learning programming. (Shutterstock)

Ontario recently announced a partial reform of its elementary and secondary school curricula to include mandatory learning on coding, as of September 2022.

As researchers with combined expertise in teaching computer programming and curriculum development, it’s clear to us that this curricula is about computer programming, despite the fact that the province only uses the term “coding.” Coding is a most basic aspect of learning programming.

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