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Innovative Pedagogical Practices in the Craft of Computing
James H. Davenport,
Alan Hayes,
Rachid Hourizi,
Tom Crick 
Pages: 115 - 119
Swansea University Author:
Tom Crick
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DOI (Published version): 10.1109/LaTiCE.2016.38
Abstract
Teaching programming is much more like teaching a craft skill than it is a purely theoretical subject. Hence an "apprenticeship" model, where apprentices learn by watching the master do, and then do themselves, and are criticised in their doing, is, we claim, more appropriate than the &quo...
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Mumbai, India
IEEE
2016
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http://www.et.iitb.ac.in/latice2016/ |
| URI: | https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa43378 |
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Teaching programming is much more like teaching a craft skill than it is a purely theoretical subject. Hence an "apprenticeship" model, where apprentices learn by watching the master do, and then do themselves, and are criticised in their doing, is, we claim, more appropriate than the "lecturer/lecturee" model that universities implicitly adopt. Furthermore, there are generally many more apprentices than the master can personally supervise. Universities will therefore use various tutors, who should be regarded as the analogue of the guild-master's journeymen. However, how does one encourage this mindset in students who, for their other courses, are indeed lecturees? What are the implications for the journeymen? |
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| Item Description: |
4th International Conference on Learning and Teaching in Computing and Engineering (LaTICE 2016) |
| Keywords: |
Programming profession, Education, Mathematics, Context, Computers |
| College: |
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences |
| Start Page: |
115 |
| End Page: |
119 |