[Edu-sig] Brainstorming and a neat link

[Kevin Ollivier]

Hi Roman,

Yeah, I think you are right about the motivation issue! Most of the people I
know who are successful at what they do are highly motivated. In fact, they
are able to pick new skills up with or without any formal training - they
are constantly exploring new areas and trying to learn more about whatever
it is they're interested in.

The question then becomes: How do you motivate students? =) Can you, or do
you just hope you get a motivated crowd who is ready to learn?

Thanks for your input!

Kevin

----- Original Message -----
From: "Roman Suzi" <rnd@onego.ru>
Cc: <edu-sig@python.org>
Sent: Thursday, June 14, 2001 1:28 AM
Subject: Re: [Edu-sig] Brainstorming and a neat link


> On Wed, 13 Jun 2001, Kevin & Masako Ollivier wrote:
>
> Hi!
>
> > Hello everyone,
>
> > 1) Are there any "best practices" about how to teach programming? What
> > works, and what doesn't?
>
> I'd like to have an answer to it!
>
> My personal experience is that it doesn't matter how to teach programming,
> what to use (a programming calculator or a supercomputer), when to teach
> (at what grade from 6 to ...), etc.
>
> What really does matter is: your student must be highly motivated to
> learn!
>
> If the motivation remains for some time (from 3-12 months, this differs
> for different people), s/he will suddenly realise that s/he is able to
> program. After this, the teacher has to treat such person differently:
> instead of feeding her/his motivation, he must supply good problems to
> empower student's intellectual muscles, and, at the same time, try to make
> student's skills/knowledge as systematic as possible.
>
>
> Sincerely yours, Roman A.Suzi
> --
>  - Petrozavodsk - Karelia - Russia - mailto:rnd@onego.ru -
>
>
>
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