Re:Kids to learn how to code before high school in New Zealand
by qrybam on Wednesday June 28, 2017 @10:18AM
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> teach elementary thinking skills
I couldn't agree more.
The curriculum for our kids should be based around building the mental machinary that will enable intuitive, creative and analytic problem solving. Learning a specific language, or some specific design pattern / method seems a little backward to me; this knowledge can be layered on top of this way of thinking in later years.
Focus on building the right hardware (brain) before writing the software for it (knowledge).
I couldn't agree more.
The curriculum for our kids should be based around building the mental machinary that will enable intuitive, creative and analytic problem solving. Learning a specific language, or some specific design pattern / method seems a little backward to me; this knowledge can be layered on top of this way of thinking in later years.
Focus on building the right hardware (brain) before writing the software for it (knowledge).