CAS Conference 2025: How to teach functional programming - and why!

'Functional Programming' (FP) is expected to become the next dominant paradigm in programming, and is already gaining significant ground both in higher education and industry. As of now, the only place it features in school-level Computer Science is in the AQA A-level. Even there, while some teachers relish teaching that part of the curriculum, many more find it daunting and give it only the minimum attention possible. Richard Pawson, along with several other experts, believe that FP should play a much more substantial role at A-level, and even in GCSE. If you already have to teach FP and want to improve your understanding of it, or if you don't yet teach it but would like to be better prepared for its arrival, or you would just like to be able to talk intelligently about it in response to a question from one of your more curious pupils ... this workshop will help you.

 - Richard Pawson