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Connected Code: Why Children Need to Learn Programming
by 作者: Quinn Burke,Yasmin B. Kafai
Pages: 200 pages
Edition 版本: Reprint
Language 语言: English
Publisher Finelybook 出版社: The MIT Press
Publisher Finelybook 出版日期: 2016-09-02
ISBN-10 书号: 026252967X
ISBN-13 书号: 9780262529679
Book Description
Why every child needs to learn to code: the shift from "computational thinking" to computational participation.
Coding,once considered an arcane craft practiced by solitary techies,is now recognized by educators and theorists as a crucial skill,even a new literacy,for all children. Programming is often promoted in K-12 schools as a way to encourage "computational thinking" -- which has now become the umbrella term for understanding what computer science has to contribute to reasoning and communicating in an ever-increasingly digital world.
In Connected Code,Yasmin Kafai and Quinn Burke argue that although computational thinking represents an excellent starting point,the broader conception of "computational participation" better captures the twenty-first-century reality. Computational participation moves beyond the individual to focus on wider social networks and a DIY culture of digital "making."
Kafai and Burke describe contemporary examples of computational participation: students who code not for the sake of coding but to create games,stories,and animations to share; the emergence of youth programming communities; the practices and ethical challenges of remixing (rather than starting from scratch); and the move beyond stationary screens to programmable toys,tools,and textiles.
Contents
Chapter 1 The Comeback Of Coding
Chapter 2 Connected Learning
Chapter 3 From Code To Applications
Chapter 4 From Tools To Communities
Chapter 5 From Scratch To Remix
Chapter 6 From Screens To Tangibles
Chapter 7 Connected Teaching
Chapter 8 Coding For All
