(of course I agree that modern psychology training should include programming skills, but to date it doesn't)
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Yes. I am here now, but only know about teaching in Germany. Great to hear that!
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Replying to @GordonFeld @ProfAndyField and
Yeah, we teach Python to undergraduates and to MSc students and we also teach MSc (only them, I think) JavaScript too.
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I would interested to know, how much do you think they can actually use these language, when they finished Uni. I ask because, we have organized several workshops in R and matlab for PhD students in Germany, but their skill level was often quite low or they were self-trained.
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Replying to @GordonFeld @ProfAndyField and
You want me to rate my colleagues teaching abilities or my colleagues abilities to remember how to code? As far as I'm concerned it's a pretty offensive question to ask let alone publicly. But I'll bite because I'm lucky enough to have excellent colleagues.
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So for Christos' teaching skills, I would say I do not have direct evidence as he took over recently. Most of my colleagues taught coding at UCL were taught under Keith. But I do know Christos is skilled. Also I thought Keith was good when I was 1 of his students ~ a decade ago.
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For my colleagues retention of their coding skills, like with any skill, you need to keep at it, and they manage it. You can't learn piano as a child, stop, and then try again 20 years later expecting to be just as good.
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To clarify, there are many PhD students in my lab some of which have BScs from our department and they code every day and well. In fact one of the best coders was an UG in this department and even published a paper in his final year — now doing a PhD without an MSc.
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Hmm so I guess the only way to improve coding skill in students, is to give more coding projects? Then they are forced to learn?
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