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Re:Kids to learn how to code before high school in New Zealand by sopooneo on Wednesday June 28, 2017 @02:46PM (#14657065)
As a former teacher, I found that it was easier to teach kids concrete things and try to get them to glean the abstract then vice versa.

In other words, you might learn how to code in order that you then know how to give clear instructions.

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Re:Kids to learn how to code before high school in New Zealand by watwut on Wednesday June 28, 2017 @04:47PM (#14658213)
That is why they use scratch, logo, beebot or something similar.

The real programing would mean teaching them how computer really works or network protocols or html,css,javascript etc -which makes less sense for kids and muddles what was supposed to be lesson in technical details.

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