> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:edu-sig- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rodrigo Dias > Arruda Senra > Sent: Saturday, June 11, 2005 11:32 AM > To: edu-sig@python.org > Subject: Re: [Edu-sig] A case against GUIs in intro CS :-)
> "Avoiding repetition == respect" is an oversimplification to me. I don't disagree, really - except that it is near impossible to say anything that is not an oversimplification. It is true that I do find that I tend to need more than one perspective on the same subject in order to flesh it out in a way that gives it dimension. And generally accomplish it by reading more than one book/tutorial/whatever, often almost side-by-side, when trying to digest a subject. I think this is one of the reasons I could not adjust well to traditional schooling, especially when it came to introductory material for technical subjects. We are generally expected follow patiently a single text. I learned that I need multiple sources to effectively learn. It is in this sense that the appearance of the Internet was such a catalyst for new learning opportunities in my own case. Multiple sources, on most any subject, at my fingertips. And it is maybe because I tend to take that approach, that I tend to appreciate an author giving his best shot at communicating *a* perspective. Not many. I *will* need another perspective, to be sure - but I will get that from another source, who hopefully is giving it their best shot at communicating their perspective - which if substantive enough will almost always be shaded in its own way, and therefore not simply redundant as to my other source/sources. I am thinking more about how I tend to study math and geometry than programming, directly. But I have this crazy theory that the pursuits follow similar cognitive paths. Art _______________________________________________ Edu-sig mailing list Edu-sig@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/edu-sig