[Edu-sig] The Pedagogical Patterns Project

[L. Humbert]

Hi,
 
I just found

http://www-lifia.info.unlp.edu.ar/ppp/index.html

"
The Pedagogical Patterns Project
Successes in Teaching Object Technology
(PROTO-PATTERNS)

 The process of training, retraining, and, most of all, educating people
in object technology is an ongoing challenge which has many unanswered
questions. While many good pedagogical ideas are presented at OO
conferences and published in proceedings and journals each year, very
little has been done to collate the effective practices of many OO
educators into one publication. The purpose of the pedagogical patterns
project is do just that, to create a publication which is similar to
what Susan Lilly (in 1/96 Object Magazine) refers to as "reusable
pedagogical design patterns".

According to Lilly, a pedagogical pattern should be repeatable and easy
to adapt. Each pattern should be described in a way that allows it to be
easily "instantiated" for different lessons by different instructors.
However, patterns do not need to be new or original. Lilly compares this
to the Gamma et al. "Design Patterns" book, as follows:
"The largest contribution of the 'Gang of Four' book is the
documentation of patterns that have been proven to work, not the
invention of the solutions. What makes patterns useful is their ability
to communicate proven solutions to common problems." 
...
"

Perhaps here are some keep people to take a closer look at this pages -
I have'nt much time to look at it deep, but it looks very interesting to
me.

	Ludger