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Mike Sperber used Racket in his excellent 35c3 talk "How to teach programming to your loved ones": https://media.ccc.de/v/35c3-9800-how_to_teach_programming_to_

Mike Sperber used Racket in his excellent 35c3 talk "How to teach programming to your loved ones": https://media.ccc.de/v/35c3-9800-how_to_teach_programming_to_your_loved_ones https://media.ccc.de/v/35c3-9800-how_to_teach_programming_to... From the abstract: "A word of warning: The resulting approach is radically different from most teaching approaches used in universities and schools. In particular, it avoids teaching purely through examples and expecting students to develop the skills to arrive at the solutions on their own. Instead, it eaches explicit methodology that enables students to solve problems of surprising complexity on their own, whether they are 11 or 55, whether in a classroom, a training facility, or your home. Extensive documentation, material, and software to support this methodology is available for free."

pjmlp 8y ago
Thanks for sharing, added to my watch list.
morenoh149 8y ago
for those that use lists on youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BleOgPhsdfc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BleOgPhsdfc
webwanderings 8y ago
Thanks for sharing. Nice. I'm not a programmer but I have taken many courses all over the web (I think I only lack practice). This talk reminds me of the Edx course on functional programming using DrRacket. As the talk suggests about the boring and bureaucratic aspect of the recipe design, I think that's exactly the reason why I couldn't finish that Edx course twice, though I am convinced that this design/recipe methodology to learning to program, is the right solution (which is absent from the pedagogy of a lot of courses). This talk makes me want to try and take that edx course again, the third time!
- WoodenChair 8y ago
  If a methodology doesn't motivate you to actually do the work (i.e. finish the course) no matter how intuitive it might be, it will not work. That said of course everyone is different, and what motivates one person, may not motivate another.
jessealama 8y ago
Sperber is an amazing speaker and fantastic programmer. This is a great talk. He'll be talking about similar things at Racketfest, the Racket conference I'm currently organizing (https://racketfest.com https://racketfest.com). The idea is to build on what are called design recipes, a brilliant idea (or family/scheme of ideas) developed by core Racket guys (see their How to Design Programs [https://htdp.org] https://htdp.org]).

pjmlp 8y ago

Thanks for sharing, added to my watch list.

morenoh149 8y ago

for those that use lists on youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BleOgPhsdfc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BleOgPhsdfc

webwanderings 8y ago

Thanks for sharing. Nice. I'm not a programmer but I have taken many courses all over the web (I think I only lack practice). This talk reminds me of the Edx course on functional programming using DrRacket. As the talk suggests about the boring and bureaucratic aspect of the recipe design, I think that's exactly the reason why I couldn't finish that Edx course twice, though I am convinced that this design/recipe methodology to learning to program, is the right solution (which is absent from the pedagogy of a lot of courses). This talk makes me want to try and take that edx course again, the third time!

WoodenChair 8y ago
If a methodology doesn't motivate you to actually do the work (i.e. finish the course) no matter how intuitive it might be, it will not work. That said of course everyone is different, and what motivates one person, may not motivate another.

jessealama 8y ago

Sperber is an amazing speaker and fantastic programmer. This is a great talk. He'll be talking about similar things at Racketfest, the Racket conference I'm currently organizing (https://racketfest.com https://racketfest.com). The idea is to build on what are called design recipes, a brilliant idea (or family/scheme of ideas) developed by core Racket guys (see their How to Design Programs [https://htdp.org] https://htdp.org]).