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I think there is a concern in forcing kids to learn how to program vs gatekeeping and self-taught developers. With gatekeeping/a tightly knit community: moddin
by monksy 9y ago
I think there is a concern in forcing kids to learn how to program vs gatekeeping and self-taught developers.
With gatekeeping/a tightly knit community: modding, building a PC, and developing a game becomes an achievement that the kids do. It encourages them to succeed to become apart of the community.
With having training/classes apart of the curriculum: It removes the reward of solving the problem and removes a sense of pride in accomplishment.
- tmccrmck 9y agoAs someone with a background in teaching CS at the high school and university level, I've had this sentiment for the last few years but have never articulated it as well as you've just done. I went back to my old high school a few years ago to see the AP Computer Science class and the difference in the students was marked to say the least.
- monksy 9y ago> I went back to my old high school a few years ago to see the AP Computer Science class and the difference in the students was marked to say the least. Could you elaborate? I'm not sure by what you mean.