Professor Sue Sentance OBE

Research Professor · Department of Computer Science and Technology

University of Cambridge · United Kingdom

Teaching and learning of programmingPhysical computingMaking computing inclusive and accessible to allAI education for young peopleTeacher professional development for computingLaurie Gale, Debugging in Programming EducationSalomey Afua Addo, AI Education in schoolsCarrie Anne Philbin. AI Education in schools

About

I joined the Department in October 2021 as Director of the Raspberry Pi Computing Education Research Centre. Since gaining a PhD in Artificial Intelligence in Education in 1993, I have worked as a teacher of computer science, teacher educator, university lecturer and researcher. I was also the Chief Learning Officer at the Raspberry Pi Foundation until April 2023. From 2018 - 2023 I played a leading role in the DfE-funded National Centre for Computing Education particularly around the development of the Computing Curriculum, Ada Computer Science, and online teacher professional development courses. I was the strategic lead (PI) for the £2m DfE-funded Gender Balance in Computing research programme (2019-2023). In my own research, I developed an approach to structuring programming lessons ca

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