Description |
xix, 208 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
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Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
Contents |
Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Coding, robotics, and values -- Foundations : a coding playground -- Languages for children -- Starting early -- A window into their world : mouths cannot read bar codes -- The coding wars -- The two sides : a simplified story -- The role of the teacher -- The role of the student -- The role of education -- The role of coding -- A window into their world : robotics guarding nature -- The rise of STEM - - The work pipelines -- Global experience -- Computer science and computational thinking -- The problem with STEM -- A window into their world : programming a map ; building a language -- Coding as another language -- Transitioning languages -- Meaningful sequences -- Doing things with language -- Window into their world : Georgia, Elena, and the old lady -- From theory to practice -- Powerful ideas -- A teacher's perspective -- Coding stages -- A window into their world : the missing audience -- Coding character -- The narrative approach : moral identities -- The reasoning approach : moral thought -- The experiential approach : a moral life -- The values in coding as another language -- A window into Their world : the best use of her time -- The palette of virtues -- The coding playground -- The ten virtues -- Coding a Mensch -- A window into their world : the learning family -- Coding bridges -- The hidden curriculum -- My four powerful ideas : a summary -- A window into their world : A diversity of approaches. |
Summary |
"Today, schools are introducing STEM education and robotics to children in ever-lower grades. In Beyond Coding, Marina Umaschi Bers lays out a pedagogical roadmap for teaching code that encompasses the cultivation of character along with technical knowledge and skills. Presenting code as a universal language, she shows how children discover new ways of thinking, relating, and behaving through creative coding activities. Today's children will undoubtedly have the technical knowledge to change the world. But cultivating strength of character, socioeconomic maturity, and a moral compass alongside that knowledge, says Bers, is crucial."-- Provided by publisher |
Subject |
Early childhood education -- Computer-assisted instruction.
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Computer programming -- Study and teaching (Early childhood)
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Computers and children.
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Child development.
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Values.
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Child development. (OCoLC)fst00854393
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Computers and children. (OCoLC)fst00872886
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Early childhood education -- Computer-assisted instruction.
(OCoLC)fst00900602
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Values. (OCoLC)fst01163906
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ISBN |
9780262543323 (paperback) |
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026254332X (paperback) |
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