[Cuis-dev] Dynabook and education

[Hernan Wilkinson]

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> Hilaire, you are the most important kind of people here, as a teacher that
> already understands software!
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I completely agree!
A user that can also program and create his own tools! that is great!!
Keep pushing us for a better Smalltalk!


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> Le 15/06/2020 à 23:51, Hernan Wilkinson via Cuis-dev a écrit :
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> Hi Hilaire,
>  what you say in your post, that constructivism focuses on the children
> and not the teacher, is a criticism I read a few months ago about Logo and
> Papert's ideas, and I think they are about right. (paper: Hackers,
> Computers, and Cooperation:
> A Critical History of Logo and Constructionist Learning)
> * The "solution" must include both, the children and the teachers... Maybe
> focusing more on the teachers will help the childrens?*
>  Also, not all children share the same interest about science, art,
> reading and so on, so it is difficult to think of a solution for all... for
> example, I'm not sure that teaching programming to all kids is a good idea,
> it looks nice in theory but I remember when we had programming classes at
> high school, 99% of the students did not care about it, did not understand
> it, did not like it at all... the same with math for some group of kids or
> biology for another group and so on.
>  I think sometimes we think a solution for all and that may not exist, and
> sometimes I also think we are a little bit naive about what teachers and
> students want...
>  Just a few words to add confusion to the matter :-)
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