Annika Wolff|Jose J. Cavero Montaner|Gerd Kortuem
Urban Data in the primary classroom: bringing data literacy to the UK curriculum
The Open University|The Open University|The Open University
data becomes established part everyday life ability average citizen level data literacy increasingly important paper describes approach teaching data skills schools using real life complex urban data sets collected part smart city project approach founded premise young learners ability work complex data sets supported right way tasks grounded real life context narrative principles used frame task assist interpretation tell stories data structure queries datasets inquirybased methodology organises activities paper describes initial trial uk primary school twelve students aged 910 years learnt home energy consumption generation solar energy home solar pv interpreting existing visualisations smart meter data data obtained aerial survey additional trials scheduled older learners evaluate learners challenging data handling tasks trials informing development urban data school webbased platform designed support teaching data skills schools order improve data literacy among school leavers