Thank you for ideas and feedback in the monster thread and generally. @andrea_e_martin @djnavarro @zerdeve @dalejbarr @richarddmorey @aeronlaffere @IrisVanRooij @_R_Lai_ @neurofoo @BayesForDays @estarianne @lam_bis @martincorley @bradpwyble and more! I'm probably forgetting ppl!
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I would go further to say that all children at beginning of secondary school should be taught code- python or a.n.other
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That's what I said.
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Sorry if I misunderstood-very important issue. I’m worried that we’re not just failing psychology students but that we’re not equipping children generally for future jobs.
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100% agreed! It is heartening to read about the fact that a few countries agree w us. See: "The sooner we start teaching kids to code, the better. I think everybody should be taught to code in primary school and thankfully so do quite a few countries."http://neuroplausible.com/programming
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I linked to some stuff at that point in the blog.
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I followed the scratch link. I think scratch useful as easy to teach but then there is nothing afterwards. There are fabulous courses - like
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I think the heartening bit, at least for me, was the many countries saying they will teach coding in primary school.
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Our primary school would claim they do already - but two lessons of scratch in one year on ancient computers just puts children off
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Not sure what winning happened, but I am glad you enjoyed it.
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I simply "won", by recommending to Kelley (a student who is learning to code now) that she would appreciate your piece. We both did!
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It is a great piece and absolutely spot on! Thank you!
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Oh, thanks. I'm so overwhelmed with the compliments. I should get angry more often and write blogs.
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Check this out - I also wonder why we see this more among scientists who are men. https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2017/6/29/15830970/women-health-care-maternal-mortality-rate …pic.twitter.com/z7RVfjj9wt
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What is "this"?
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Teaching yourself to code even though you are majoring in medicine, as an example
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I covered that in my blog post a little. It's partially, mostly, driven by a cultural issue called the "male geek".
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I mean look just a second ago I had this tweeted at me, women do it too:https://twitter.com/HemiMalkki/status/1067413158745309184 …
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Why women in psychology can't program
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