New national curriculum to introduce fractions to five-year-olds

Richard Adams:

The education secretary Michael Gove's efforts to revolutionise learning in England's schools will see five-year-olds studying fractions and writing computer programs in their first year of school, according to final versions of the new national curriculum published on Monday.
Among the changes are a requirement for 3-D printers to be used in design and technology lessons, after major revisions to the subject's curriculum.

According to a Whitehall source: "Three-dimensional printers will become standard in our schools - a technology that is transforming manufacturing and the economy. Combined with the introduction of programming, it is a big step forward from Labour's dumbed-down curriculum."

Posted by Jim Zellmer at July 9, 2013 2:38 AM
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