Edited by Len Unsworth

Coding is an emerging educational imperative worldwide, including in Australia, but typically siloed in a digital technology curriculum or concentrated in science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) curricula. Outside of schooling, however, a large and increasing number of primary school-age students are using coding to create a plethora of stories ranging from the brief and unimaginative, to intriguing and insightful micro-narratives, and extended and episodic animated movies.

This critical textbook connects research into practice, demonstrating through 4 class case studies (written by the teachers themselves) how Years 5 - 7 students can be supported to achieve English curriculum text creation learning outcomes through digital narrative authoring.

This research on which this book is based was supported by an Australian Research Council Discovery grant (DP190100228) funded by the Australian Government.