Funded by a foreign non-profit, Education is conducting a comprehensive implementation study of the CoolThink@JC computational thinking curriculum in Hong Kong primary schools. The project will evaluate and advise on the initiative’s goals of supporting high-quality adoption in over 200 primary schools and laying a foundation throughout the system for more widespread adoption.

CoolThink@JC is an ambitious initiative that seeks to inspire digital creativity and problem-solving skills in Hong Kong students from a young age. Created and funded by The Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust and co-created by leading innovators at The Education University of Hong Kong, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and City University of Hong Kong, CoolThink@JC offers teaching materials, professional development, co-teaching support and a learning platform to support the mainstreaming of computational thinking education within Hong Kong’s formal primary school curriculum. After a successful 32-school pilot, the multi-stakeholder initiative is now seeking to broaden its reach, forming partnerships throughout the education system and supporting a critical mass of schools to promote computational thinking education for primary-age students throughout Hong Kong.

Principal Investigators: Katrina Laguarda, Linda Shear

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