Felienne Hermans on Programming Education

19/12/2019 1h 5min Episodio 27
Felienne Hermans on Programming Education

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Episode Synopsis

In this episode, Stefan Tilkov talks with Felienne Hermans, associate Professor at Leiden University in the Netherlands heading the Programming Education Research Lab. They talk about programming education with a focus on people learning their first programming skills and how the current approach in schools and university is flawed. Felienne explains the concept of deliberate practice and code vocalization and answers simple questions like "What's the best programming language for education?"