William Lau on Variation Theory in Computing Education
Published: 21 February 2025
William Lau is an assistant headteacher and Computer Science teacher.
TITLE: How to make difficult computing concepts stick using Variation Theory
SPEAKER: William Lau
DATE: 6th March 2025
TIME: 15:00-16:00
DESCRIPTION:
"I've taught this so many times; why don't they get it?" That's a question that we have all asked ourselves at some point in our career.
Variation theories were proposed by Ference Marton and Gu Ling Yuan and these have been widely used in Maths teaching for over 20 years. Yet most computing teacher training programs do not cover variation theory at all.
The session will cover William's experience of using variation theory to address the most challenging concepts in CS.
BIO:
William Lau is an assistant headteacher. Since qualifying in 2006, he has taught Computing to students aged 3-18. He is the author of Teaching Computing in Secondary Schools, he enjoys writing about computing education and sharing resources with teachers. William graduated from the University of Oxford with an MSc in Teacher Education in 2024
PRE-READING: https://www.cimt.org.uk/journal/lai.pdf, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bsgp9EWyDzI
First published: 21 February 2025
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