Hong Kong on its way to becoming a global leader in computational thinking education
- Study finds the city is on par with Singapore, the UK and mainland China in this area of education, after making significant progress in recent years
- The CoolThink@JC programme, created and funded by The Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust, distinguishes itself from other initiatives worldwide
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Computational thinking skills not only enhance problem-solving capabilities, but also are considered a necessary skill for the 21st century, as the coming future promises a range of new ideas made possible by advances in technology.
With the increasing emphasis placed on computational thinking education over the past decade, the international community has been allocating a great deal of educational resources to the subject.
“Many jurisdictions have introduced or revamped their STEM education to prepare their citizens for an ever more complex and fast-changing future. Hong Kong is no exception,” says Leong Cheung, Executive Director of Charities and Community at The Hong Kong Jockey Club.
While it became a global trend to equip the younger generation for the future by teaching computational thinking skills, the subject remained relatively neglected in Hong Kong until 2016, when the CoolThink@JC education programme was launched. This programme, created and funded by The Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust, aims to provide quality computational thinking education to upper primary school students across the city.
Answering Hong Kong’s need for future-proof education