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This paper is wonderfully cynical about education in the UK: > "That administration failed, because the students – rightly, in our opinion – were incensed at t
by bensummers 17y ago
This paper is wonderfully cynical about education in the UK:
> "That administration failed, because the students – rightly, in our opinion – were incensed at the conduct of their teaching and the arrangements for their study, and simply refused to do anything that wasn’t directly beneficial to themselves."
> "Another group had very much lower than average A-level scores, and had been admitted to a maths and computing course largely to boost numbers in the mathematics department: we call this group the low achievers."
Although I do begin to wonder whether the teaching of our professional skills is somewhat to blame for the lack of professionalism and ability in our industry.
- BudVVeezer 17y agoI can agree to that somewhat, but what's interesting about this paper is that it's starting to formalize the fact that some people can "think like a programmer" and some can't. Now, what that says for programming paradigms as a whole...
- bensummers 17y agoYes, the tests are the interesting part. I especially liked the way they did some of the testing before the teaching started, and it still showed useful results. Maybe there's hope? (see the recent discussion on interviewing programmers)