Computer Science for Leaving Cert Golden Key Publications

Golden Key is delighted to announce the forthcoming publication of “Computer Science for Leaving Certificate”. This comprehensive textbook will be available for school year 2020-21.  The authors Brett A. Becker and Keith Quille are highly regarded in the field of computer science education in Ireland and abroad.  Brett is an Assistant Professor in the UCD School of Computer Science. His recent paper on computing education won the “Best Computing Education Research Paper Award” at SIGCSE 2019. He is the chair of the Steering Committee for the ACM Global Computing Education Conference.  Keith is a lecturer in computing in the TU Dublin, Tallaght Campus. He also delivers computing camps in schools around Ireland with CSinc and has developed several resources for the NCCA forLeaving Cert Computer Science. He was formerly a teacher in St Conleth’s Community College, Newbridge. Karen Nolan and Róisín Faherty of TU Dublin (Tallaght Campus), and Catherine Mooney and Margueritte Barry of UCD are all contributing writers.

Suzanne Linnane is the educational consultant for the book. Suzanne teaches Computer Science for Leaving Certificate at Adamstown Community College, one of the pilot schools for the subject. Her role is to test and review each chapter with her students to ensure that the material meets the needs of pupils and teacher alike.