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Coding can be used to give a context for other skills, logic most obviously but also things like ethics ("When is it right to use the code of others?") and pers
by cbd1984 11y ago
Coding can be used to give a context for other skills, logic most obviously but also things like ethics ("When is it right to use the code of others?") and persuasive writing and speaking ("Convince me you have a good program."/"Does this person's claims of having a good program convince you?"). (Persuasive speaking, BTW, is what the ancients called rhetoric, and it's always been part of the liberal education.)
- k-mcgrady 11y agoTrue but why introduce another course and have to train teachers in a new skill set when we can teach these skills through the basic courses that have been taught for decades. It sounds like your plan would introduce complexity where it is not needed.