Friday, December 11, 2009

Computer Science Education Week

In honor of Computer Science Education Week, I'll just cite a passage I find inspirational about the role of computer science education:

Yet programming is more than just a vocational skill. Indeed, good programming is a fun activity, a creative outlet, and a way to express abstract ideas in a tangible form. And designing programs teaches a variety of skills that are important in all kinds of professions: critical reading, analytical thinking, creative synthesis, and attention to detail.

We therefore believe that the study of program design deserves the same central role in general education as mathematics and English. Or, put more succinctly,

everyone should learn how to design programs.
On one hand, program design teaches the same analytical skills as mathematics. But, unlike mathematics, working with programs is an active approach to learning. Interacting with software provides immediate feedback and thus leads to exploration, experimentation, and self-evaluation. Furthermore, designing programs produces useful and fun things, which vastly increases the sense of accomplishment when compared to drill exercises in mathematics. On the other hand, program design teaches the same analytical reading and writing skills as English. Even the smallest programming tasks are formulated as word problems. Without critical reading skills, a student cannot design programs that match the specification. Conversely, good program design methods force a student to articulate thoughts about programs in proper English.
From "How to Design Programs," by Felleisen, Findler, Flatt and Krishnamurthi.

7 comments:

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As a beginner software designer, you have access to all kinds of different tools that will be totally free of charge. However, instead of diving right in, there are a few things that you need to do before you even start to code your first program. For starters, as a fledgling software design and development student you need to decide which programming language or languages you want to learn.

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For a few decades, computer science has been a component of the school curriculum in a few nations from the age of 14 or 16, but it has traditionally been an elective subject.

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