Teaching coding in schools: implications for employability and inclusion. A comparative study of the UK and Singapore.

该候选人建议对英国和新加坡开发新计算机课程的尝试进行比较研究。候选人特别关注教师如何（以及以什么实践和动机）实施这些新课程，对课程如何产生新形式的数字不平等，特别是与性别有关的不平等，特别感兴趣。利用混合方法，比较案例研究方法，候选人打算做出新的理论贡献，从人力资本理论中我们如何理解教育，转而关注课堂上的代理和经验。

This candidate proposes a comparative study of attempts to develop new computing curricula in the UK and Singapore. Focusing especially on how (and with what practice and motivations) teachers implement these new curricula, the candidate is especially interested in how the curricula may produce new forms of digital inequality, especially in relation to gender. Drawing on a mixed-methods, comparative case study approach, the candidate intends to make new theoretical contributions, moving away from Human Capital Theory in how we conceive of education, to focus instead on agency and experience in the classroom.