I also experienced that the most intuitive way of learning things, is to follow the natural evolution that led to it. For example, you can teach people program

I also experienced that the most intuitive way of learning things, is to follow the natural evolution that led to it. For example, you can teach people programming with higher level languages. But if your goal is to fully understand programming (as a professional programmer), you can start with the oldest discoveries and work your way into more recent years. That way you are able to grasp the full scope, know benefits and drawbacks, etc. You are also less likely to make the same mistakes of the past.