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<p>There are a number of resources available to support computing education and schools
are best placed to decide what will be most effective for their pupils.</p><p>The
national curriculum in computing emphasises the academic discipline of computer science.
Through studying topics such as computational logic, algorithms and data representation,
pupils are obtaining insight into how the digital technologies that they use every
day actually work<del class="ministerial"> and understanding how these technology
products result from human ingenuity and rational design processes</del>. We want
young people to have the opportunity to<del class="ministerial"> actively </del>create
new technologies, rather than being passive consumers of them.</p><p>The Government
has spent more than £4.5 million over the past three years to support schools in delivering
high quality computing teaching. This includes £3 million for Computing At School
to build a national network of over 350 ‘Master Teachers’ in Computer Science whom
schools can commission to provide training for their teachers.</p>
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