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Event title:
Micros and Primary Education (MAPE) formed in 1981
Timeline Date
January 1, 1981
Category
Government, Department or Organisation
Secretary of State
Subject
Area
BECTA Category
Event Content
By disapplying the ICT programme of study from September this year schools will be able to offer a more creative and challenging curriculum, drawing on support and advice from those best positioned to judge what an ambitious and forward-looking curriculum should contain.
DETAIL OF THE EVENT
Micros and Primary Education (MAPE) formed after a conference in 1981 at Exeter University for primary teachers, headteachers, advisors and lecturers. MAPE produced an influential newsletter called MicroScope which was circulated to local primary schools and later to LEA advisors. Membership reached a high of over 5,000 in 1993 but fell back as teachers turned increasingly to official guidance (e.g. QCA schemes of work) and NoF training. MAPE eventually amalgamated with NAACE.
Evidence indicates that recent curriculum and qualifications reforms have not led to significant improvements in the teaching of ICT, and the number of students progressing to further study in ICT-related subjects is in decline. Furthermore, the ICT curriculum in its current form is viewed as dull and demotivating for pupils. Its teaching may not equip pupils adequately for further study and work, may leave them disenchanted or give rise to negative perceptions that turn them off the subject completely.
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Views, Blogs and Criticism
MAPE is mentioned in an ITTE project:
Hammond, M., Younie, S., Woollard, J., Cartwright, V., & Benzie, D. (2009). What does our past involvement with computers in education tell us? A view from the research community.
Available online here: http://itte.org.uk/wp/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/voicesbook.pdf
