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Making teaching of programming learning-oriented and learner-directed

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Ville Tirronen,

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Koli Calling '11: Proceedings of the 11th Koli Calling International Conference on Computing Education Research

Pages 60 - 65

https://doi.org/10.1145/2094131.2094143

Published: 17 November 2011 Publication History

Abstract

Programming education has been traditionally realized in the form of lecturing, but other approaches are under discussion. These emphasize active participation on the part of students, and, as a research activity, consider pedagogic questions holistically. We join this discussion by stating a course design in which we promote a learning-oriented study culture where learning should not be characterized principally as the task of meeting some predefined completion requirements. Moreover, we want our course to be learner-directed meaning that students should take control over their own learning process. Grounded on these goals, this discussion paper gives us a starting point for a subsequent action research undertaking.

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Making teaching of programming learning-oriented and learner-directed
1. Social and professional topics
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    1. Computing education
      1. Computing education programs
        Computer science education

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