[Edu-sig] Python promises a revolution

Javier Escobar jiescobar@net-uno.net
Thu, 20 Feb 2003 21:53:34 -0400


William, thanks for that link.  I'm checking it out, I´ll comment latter on
them.

-----Mensaje original-----
De: Michael Williams [mailto:michael.williams@st-annes.oxford.ac.uk]
Enviado el: Miércoles, 19 de Febrero de 2003 10:00 p.m.
Para: Javier Escobar
CC: edu-sig@python.org
Asunto: Re: [Edu-sig] Python promises a revolution



On Thursday, February 20, 2003, at 01:51  am, Javier Escobar wrote:
> OUR PROPOSITION
> - Computer programming  and physics teaching (How can computer
> programing
> help dealing with alternative conception in physics teaching)
> - Python as a programming language (What is Phython)
> - ¿Why Phython? (Features that make phython an ideal language for
> physics
> teaching)
> - Design of a programming course for undergraduate physics students.
>
> I will appreciate your comments.  I'm beginning to work on every
> subject of
> this table of contents.

I did a Masters dissertation on the last two of these points last year
in the department of physics at the University of Oxford here in the
UK. You may find the dissertation and the teaching materials I produced
useful:

http://users.ox.ac.uk/~sann1276/python/
--
Michael