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Episode 35: Philosophy, Coding and Casual Neo-Marxism

10.12.2017 - By CatFish EducationPlay

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This week, Pete (@mr_van_w) talks about a Sydney school who has found that teaching philosophy increases primary students ability to verbalise higher order thinking. (Correction: Malabar is actually only "Shire-adjacent" #NotMyShire)     "Comrade" John (@jfcatto) exposes "GOP" Pete's ulterior motive in  teaching student to code.    Pete: Philosophy lesson lead to better behavior and marks in Sydney school - Pallavi Singhal http://www.smh.com.au/national/education/philosophy-lessons-lead-to-better-behaviour-and-marks-in-sydney-school-20171005-gyusfj.html    John: Tech's push to teach coding isn't about kid's success - it's about cutting wages - Comrade Ben Tarnoff https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/sep/21/coding-education-teaching-silicon-valley-wages 

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