Re:Ask HN: How to reconcile “teach everyone to code” and “on...
by danso on Monday June 27, 2016 @11:47PM
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> Touch-typing isn't widely taught anymore, is it?
I dunno? In my elementary school, it was part of the computer lab that we did on a weekly basis. Can't remember if it was part of an English class or a separate computing class, but we played games (e.g. Mavis Beacon type games) and kept score.
> Literacy is not vocational
Why should "Learn to code" be seen as vocation? I understand that's the way it is seen by the majority, but that's not the way it's seen by all advocates of "Learn to code". How did "Everyone learn arithmetic" become ingrained in educational systems?
I dunno? In my elementary school, it was part of the computer lab that we did on a weekly basis. Can't remember if it was part of an English class or a separate computing class, but we played games (e.g. Mavis Beacon type games) and kept score.
> Literacy is not vocational
Why should "Learn to code" be seen as vocation? I understand that's the way it is seen by the majority, but that's not the way it's seen by all advocates of "Learn to code". How did "Everyone learn arithmetic" become ingrained in educational systems?