It is argued nowadays that computer skills should be taught in elementary schools together with primary skills, such as reading or math. This issue has its own pros and cons, and before supporting or refuting this statement, it is worth considering this phenomenon from both sides.
Primarily, those people who find it necessary for school children to have computer skills as a school subject may have the following reasons. First of all, hardly anyone would deny that the world today is ruled by technology, and it is vital that children understand the workings of computers as early in life as possible, and school could be a perfect place for this. Moreover, such computer skills subject could teach a child to use computer technology constructively by taking advantage of abundant Internet resources for self-study and obtaining academically enriching information.
However, there is an opinion that computer skills should not be included in school curricula. Thus, such subject would not benefit children because they spend plenty of time with technology beyond school and usually successfully master computer skills on their own without any help of teachers or parents. The opponents of computer skills classes also claim that instead of wasting time on learning these skills it would be reasonable to introduce more vital subjects, such as learning foreign languages or history.
To conclude, I support the opinion of people who are against teaching computer skills in school as contemporary school children acquire these skills independently and naturally. Therefore, school education decision-makers should rather put more emphasis on academic subjects than on developing technical skills among youngsters who may already be generally proficient computer users.
It
is argued
nowadays that computer
skills
should
be taught
in elementary
schools
together with primary
skills
, such as reading or math. This issue has its
own
pros and cons, and
before
supporting or refuting this statement, it is worth considering this phenomenon from both sides.
Primarily
, those
people
who find it necessary for
school
children
to have computer
skills
as a
school
subject
may have the following reasons.
First of all
, hardly anyone would deny that the world
today
is ruled
by technology, and it is vital that
children
understand the workings of computers as early in life as possible, and
school
could be a perfect place for this.
Moreover
, such computer
skills
subject
could teach a child to
use
computer technology
constructively
by taking advantage of abundant Internet resources for self-study and obtaining
academically
enriching information.
However
, there is an opinion that computer
skills
should not
be included
in
school
curricula.
Thus
, such
subject
would not benefit
children
because
they spend
plenty
of time with technology beyond
school
and
usually
successfully
master computer
skills
on their
own
without any
help
of teachers or parents. The opponents of computer
skills
classes
also
claim that
instead
of wasting time on learning these
skills
it would be reasonable to introduce more vital
subjects
, such as learning foreign languages or history.
To conclude
, I support the opinion of
people
who are against teaching computer
skills
in
school
as contemporary
school
children
acquire these
skills
independently
and
naturally
.
Therefore
,
school
education decision-makers should
rather
put more emphasis on academic
subjects
than on developing technical
skills
among youngsters who may already be
generally
proficient computer users.