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Could gaming be taught in schools?

Ian Livingstone claims coding and computing are essential skills to teach in all schools

Does the current national curriculum fail to prepare children for living and working in the digital age?

Ian Livingstone, author of Hacking the Curriculum, thinks coding and computing are essential skills that should be taught in all modern schools through the use of gaming. Sue Freestone, Principal of King’s Ely in Cambridgeshire, says "balance" is the most important thing in achieving a rounded education.

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