Re: [OT] Teaching methodology

2015-08-12 Thread Jeff Reynolds
Richmond, ive used a combo when teaching high school kids in the US software or programming. I do some mini lessons so they do practical project (always found this better than theoretical exercises with most students) on a subset of commands or features. proceed each with a small amount of disc

Re: [OT] Teaching methodology

2015-08-12 Thread Richmond
On 12/08/15 15:51, Mark Schonewille wrote: 1) A course can be systematic yet playful. The teacher needs to stick to a number of principles and a plan, but the children should just have fun and learn something. Of course. Except I take exception to the *just* in "just have fun" as that debases

Re: [OT] Teaching methodology

2015-08-12 Thread Roger Eller
+1 On Wed, Aug 12, 2015 at 8:51 AM, Mark Schonewille < m.schonewi...@economy-x-talk.com> wrote: > 1) A course can be systematic yet playful. The teacher needs to stick to a > number of principles and a plan, but the children should just have fun and > learn something. > > 2) When I create soft

Re: [OT] Teaching methodology

2015-08-12 Thread Mark Schonewille
1) A course can be systematic yet playful. The teacher needs to stick to a number of principles and a plan, but the children should just have fun and learn something. 2) When I create software, I do this with the skills I already possess. When I run into a problem, I enhance my skills until I