Beyond coding : how children learn human values through programming /
Bers, Marina Umaschi,
Beyond coding : how children learn human values through programming / How children learn human values through programming Marina Umaschi Bers. - xix, 208 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-204).
Coding, robotics, and values -- The coding wars -- The rise of STEM -- Coding as another language -- From theory to practice -- Coding character -- The palette of virtues -- Coding bridges.
"Today, schools are introducing STEM education and robotics to children in ever-lower grades. In Beyond Coding, Marina Umaschi Bers lays out a pedagogical roadmap for teaching code that encompasses the cultivation of character along with technical knowledge and skills. Presenting code as a universal language, she shows how children discover new ways of thinking, relating, and behaving through creative coding activities. Today's children will undoubtedly have the technical knowledge to change the world. But cultivating strength of character, socioeconomic maturity, and a moral compass alongside that knowledge, says Bers, is crucial"--Provided by publisher.
9780262543323 026254332X
2021013278
GBC206539 bnb
020450135 Uk
Early childhood education--Computer-assisted instruction.
Computer programming--Study and teaching (Early childhood)
Computers and children.
Child development.
Values.
Beyond coding : how children learn human values through programming / How children learn human values through programming Marina Umaschi Bers. - xix, 208 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-204).
Coding, robotics, and values -- The coding wars -- The rise of STEM -- Coding as another language -- From theory to practice -- Coding character -- The palette of virtues -- Coding bridges.
"Today, schools are introducing STEM education and robotics to children in ever-lower grades. In Beyond Coding, Marina Umaschi Bers lays out a pedagogical roadmap for teaching code that encompasses the cultivation of character along with technical knowledge and skills. Presenting code as a universal language, she shows how children discover new ways of thinking, relating, and behaving through creative coding activities. Today's children will undoubtedly have the technical knowledge to change the world. But cultivating strength of character, socioeconomic maturity, and a moral compass alongside that knowledge, says Bers, is crucial"--Provided by publisher.
9780262543323 026254332X
2021013278
GBC206539 bnb
020450135 Uk
Early childhood education--Computer-assisted instruction.
Computer programming--Study and teaching (Early childhood)
Computers and children.
Child development.
Values.