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Wednesday, February 26, 2020

Should All Children Learn Code?

Nothing wrong with learning coding.   But should it be emphasized for everyone?   Required?   Better to learn more about math and logic.   As coding gets more complex, it gets closer to the use of math.  At lower levels it's more like logic combined with being able to pay attention to detail.  And knowing how to find useful resources.  That part, the automation of coding, is quickly progressing.   Will we need hand-coding in a decade?   Coding is a good way to learn that you have to pay close attention to detail to get complex things done.   Not for the 'Vocational vs Liberal Ed' reasons mentioned below.

Should All Children Learn to Code by the End of High School?
The Wall Street Journal
By Robert Sedgewick; Larry Cuban

Princeton University's Robert Sedgewick and Stanford University's Larry Cuban disagree on whether computer coding should be a graduation requirement for high school students. Sedgewick feels incorporating coding skills into the K-12 curriculum benefits students and society, while Cuban said it threatens to turn public schools into job-training sites for technology companies. Sedgewick sees coding as critical to cultivating logical thinking, creativity, and problem-solving in students. Cuban sees no clear evidence that coding skills are transferable to cognitive domains like math, English, history, and science, and he warned that imposing such vocational training would undermine public schools' wider mission to foster social mobility, individual development, and civic engagement. ... '

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