Beyond coding how children learn human values through programming
"Bers argues that coding should be taught in early childhood and beyond STEM fields, where it is currently isolated from ethical, cultural, and language skills"--
| Main Author: | Bers, Marina Umaschi (Author) |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge, Massachusetts :
The MIT Press,
[2022]
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Table of Contents:
- Acknowledgments
- Preface
- Coding, robotics, and values foundations : a coding playground
- Languages for children
- Starting early
- A window into their world : mouths cannot read bar codes
- The coding wars
- The two sides : a simplified story
- The role of the teacher
- The role of the student
- The role of education
- The role of coding
- A window into their world : robotics guarding nature
- The rise of STEM
- The work pipelines
- Global experience
- Computer science and computational thinking
- The problem with STEM
- A window into their world : programming a map ; building a language
- Coding as another language
- Transitioning languages
- Meaningful sequences
- Doing things with language
- Window into their world : Georgia, Elena, and the old lady
- From theory to practice
- Powerful ideas
- A teacher's perspective
- Coding stages
- A window into their world : the missing audience
- Coding character
- The narrative approach : moral identities
- The reasoning approach : moral thought
- The experiential approach : a moral life
- The values in coding as another language
- A window into Their world : the best use of her time
- The palette of virtues
- The coding playground
- The ten virtues
- Curiosity
- Open-mindedness
- perseverance
- Patience
- Optimism
- Honesty
- Fairness
- Generosity
- Gratitude
- Forgiveness
- Coding a Mensch
- A window into their world : the learning family
- Coding bridges
- The hidden curriculum
- My four powerful ideas : a summary
- A window into their world : A diversity of approaches.