Re:The missing semester of CS education
by gowld on Tuesday February 04, 2020 @05:11PM
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> Universities believe their focus should be on timeless principles, and expect that students will supplement their instruction as needed.
Why the arbitrary distinction?
Why have teachers at all? Surely the students can learn the timeless principles on their own as well.
What matters is where teachers can add value. Sure, you don't need a tenured prof walking students through
Intro to Vim and Bash and By The Way GDB Exists", but you do very well to have a TA run a practical lab to teach these things.
Why the arbitrary distinction? Why have teachers at all? Surely the students can learn the timeless principles on their own as well.
What matters is where teachers can add value. Sure, you don't need a tenured prof walking students through Intro to Vim and Bash and By The Way GDB Exists", but you do very well to have a TA run a practical lab to teach these things.