Hmm, seems like not much has changed in the last ten years or so (when I did GCSE IT). We did zero programming until A level and learned NOTHING about internal hardware or what those error messages that flash up actually mean - it was all 'design a business card and matching letterhead in MS Works' and the blimmin Data Protection act. We didn't even do relational databases until A-level!
I guess the syllabus writers think that kids who actually have an interest in computers will have probably looked it up on wikipedia already whilst creating a complicated stylesheet for their myspace page.
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Date: 2007-05-18 01:48 pm (UTC)I guess the syllabus writers think that kids who actually have an interest in computers will have probably looked it up on wikipedia already whilst creating a complicated stylesheet for their myspace page.