Coding at a Crossroads

16/11/2020 21 min Episodio 58

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In this episode I unpack Resnick and Rusk’s (2020) publication titled “Coding at a crossroads” which discusses challenges in CS and coding education, and summarizes the four guiding principles that educators can use when engaging in coding practices in their classroom.Click here for this episode’s show notes.How to Get Started with Computer Science Education━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 00:00 Intro00:35 My single sentence summary00:53 Paper intro02:33 Opportunities and challenges03:35 Decontextualized learning04:27 Replication05:42 Not enough time07:54 Automated assessments09:22 Computational fluency10:50 Four guiding principles11:21 1: Projects12:26 2: Passion13:52 3: Peers15:31 4: Play16:48 Putting the Four Ps into practice17:12 The next decade19:34 Lingering questions and thoughts19:40 What principles are missing from the Four Ps of Creative Learning?20:03 How might we incorporate each of these principles in different learning environments or contexts?20:31 Outro