In this episode I unpack Benedict and O’Leary’s (2019) publication titled “Reconceptualizing “music making:” Music technology and freedom in the age of Neoliberalism,” which explores the use of computer science practices to counter neoliberal influence on education.

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How to Get Started with Computer Science Education

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00:00 Intro

00:51 Abstract

01:55 My single sentence summary

02:06 Paper introduction

03:40 Defining technology

04:46 Technological determinism and freedom

07:26 Education as a public good

10:24 Music technology in the chipscene

15:16 Lingering questions and potential points of dialogue

17:27 Lingering questions and thoughts

17:34 How might educators and hegemonic influences on education balance societal, organizational, group, and individual needs?

19:50 When might the approach described in this paper position computer science within a subservient relationship with another discipline?

20:46 Outro