We take some inspiration from our own introspection but how the brain works is very different to how a computer works.
Vaizey added that knowing how a computer works was now "on a par with [a knowledge of] the arts and humanities".
They assume that users no longer require protracted metaphors to understand how a computer works — a computer is simply a computer, and its interface should reflect that rather than be crippled by legacies.
The incoming computing curriculum will replace the old ICT programme of study, which focused on teaching computer literacy rather than understanding how a computer works and how to code.
I'm too tough and sensitive to have to have some pubescent twerp with his mom's earring in his tongue, who combs his hair with Redi-Whip and has an Ani DiFranco tattoo on his shin, come show me how a computer works.
I don't know how a computer works, or how to grow broccoli, but that knowledge is out there and I get to benefit.
It will teach them how to code, how to create their own programs, not just how to work the computer but how a computer works, how to make it work for you".
"I have a visual way of thinking about things, I wanted to be able to see how a computer works and how things flow around within it.
It replaces the old ICT programme of study, which focused on computer literacy, with more up to date content teaching children how to code, create programmes and understand how a computer works.
The structured questionnaire assessed basic IT skills and knowledge of computer hardware, computer software, computer input devices, computer output devices, basic computer terms and definitions and general understanding of how a computer works.
