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How to Teach Programming and Other Things

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Explore a comprehensive lecture on effective teaching methods for programming and other subjects. Delve into the science of learning, examining how people acquire knowledge and the best practices for instruction. Gain insights into code phonology, the importance of universal programming education, and the speaker's personal journey from Excel to teaching. Discover research findings on programming syntax, the parallels between code and art, and innovative approaches to reading code. Learn about experiments in speed reading code snippets and their implications for professional developers. Examine the impact of these findings on education and accessibility, including how screen readers interpret code. Acquire valuable tools to enhance your skills as both a teacher and a learner in the field of programming and beyond.

Syllabus

Introduction
Code phonology
Everyone should program
Whats water
PhD project
Internship
Excel
Eclipse
Spreadsheets are code
Its not real programming
I broke my heart
I thought that was normal
I was not very happy
I got in touch with people
I started teaching
Repetition
Research on programming syntax
Syntax is not intuitive
How I met Alexandra West
What is art like
Code as art
Workshop Accepted
The Workshop
Poetry
No works
No clue
Handbook of reading
Experiments
Reading
Speed reading
What about keywords
Code snippets
Professional developers
Dutch
Conclusion
Study
Impact on education
Brackets
How screen readers read
Summary
Dont be those people
Its a trick
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