In this episode I unpack Resnick and Rusk’s (2020) publication titled “Coding at a crossroads” which discusses challenges in CS and coding education, and summarizes the four guiding principles that educators can use when engaging in coding practices in their classroom.

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How to Get Started with Computer Science Education

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00:00 Intro

00:35 My single sentence summary

00:53 Paper intro

02:33 Opportunities and challenges

03:35 Decontextualized learning

04:27 Replication

05:42 Not enough time

07:54 Automated assessments

09:22 Computational fluency

10:50 Four guiding principles

11:21 1: Projects

12:26 2: Passion

13:52 3: Peers

15:31 4: Play

16:48 Putting the Four Ps into practice

17:12 The next decade

19:34 Lingering questions and thoughts

19:40 What principles are missing from the Four Ps of Creative Learning?

20:03 How might we incorporate each of these principles in different learning environments or contexts?

20:31 Outro