This book provides a step-by-step guide to teaching computing at secondary level. It offers a full framework for planning and delivering the curriculum and how to create an environment in which all students enjoy computing and feel they can achieve. The focus is on giving students the opportunity to transform from users to creators of technology.

William Lau is currently in charge of Key Stage 4 Computing at Central Foundation Boys' School in London. Lau has taught computing from Key Stages 1 through 5 in three London state schools and in an International school in Seychelles. He has delivered CPD at various UK schools and universities, specialising in curriculum design, assessment design and computing pedagogy. He has mentored trainee teachers at King's College London and the University of Roehampton. Lau is a CAS Master Teacher and a Google Certified Innovator. In July 2017 he received an international Award for Teaching Excellence in computer science from the Infosys Foundation in the US, the Association for Computing Machinery and the Computer Science Teachers Association. He was head of computing at the Greenwich Free School until August 2017.

Table of Figures Foreword Acknowledgements Introduction Part 1: Planning Chapter 1. Designing a Secondary Curriculum Map Chapter 2. Medium Term Planning Chapter 3. Lesson Planning Part 2: Delivery Chapter 4. Research-based Instructional Principles Chapter 5. Actions, Habits and Routines in the Computing Classroom Chapter 6. Pedagogical Content Knowledge in Computing Part 3: Leadership and Management Chapter 7. Personal Leadership Chapter 8. Managing and Leading Others Chapter 9. Cultivating an Environment for Growth Chapter 10. Where Next? Index Bibliography