On 2004-09-14 08.54, ColliverMJ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Do you feel programming should be taught to children in some way
> whilst they are at school ?
I think the question should be "What would the purpose be?"
> Should children gain an understanding of how a computer works at
> school and perhaps master part of it rather than just become users
> of software ?
Same question here, I mean I don't think they learn much about how a car
engine work or how a radio/tv works etc.
So my question would be "Is learning how to program something that is worth
spending the childrens energy/time on, or are there other skills that are
more important"
Personally I suspect there are better things to learn.
> If you were taught programming at school did it help ??
I'm too old 8-)
> (the research also indicates that universities also have problems
> teaching programming - perhaps if it was introduced in a
> controlled way in schools this might help ...)
My experience is that the quality of programming courses at high school etc
is of a very varied quality. And if there was a "controlled way" of teaching
programming that made it easier to teach programming I'm sure that many
universities would use it already.
Sorry for sounding so negative.
jem
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Jan Erik Mostr�m www.mostrom.pp.se
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