[Inpycon] Questions for "python in education" panel

[Piyush Kumar]

Hey Noufal:

Few topics to pick for discussion
 - What are the barriers for CBSE/others affiliated schools for teaching
Python? Are enough teachers available to teach the same as part of
Curriculum now ?
- Educating/Training teachers/faculty is more important as to establish the
base & motivating them.
 - Should Curriculum focus on teaching fundamentals of programming & its
application rather than much on python?
- Python as a language to learn the basics of programming for the student
not wanting to program for a career!
 - Why Python doesn't' restrict a beginner to extend and implement his
learning to broader set of applications.
 - How teaching Python can help attract those students who ran away from
programming ?
- Why C/C++ or similar languages is not the FIRST language to start
learning programming ! or the other way ..?
 - Ease of "Web Development using Python" and the available resources for
getting started..?
 - Future of Python in education?
 - What is the feedback of STUDENTS from other Countries where Python is
part of Curriculum ?
- No particular language should be enforced, should Open to all languages
and Choice depends on Students ?
 - How Community is helping through Python workshops to teach and train
students and Teachers / faculty ..?
 - Using Raspberry Pi and Python and other such similar stuff can excite
students and build interest !
 - Open Source and Python bonding is helpful as a echo system to be IN !!
 - Education in INDIA is different from other countries and implication of
introduction of Python in INDIA is helpful ?
 - Teaching Python to Students with Visual Impairments (Blindness/Low
Vision) : Ease?
- Examples in INDIA and the Pythonists who are the SUCCESS stories
 - What are the Challenges / how to Convince Schools the importance to
teach Kids to Code? and In Python?
- Why Complicate things ?

Thanks!
~/Piyush


On Fri, Aug 16, 2013 at 11:13 AM, Noufal Ibrahim <noufal at nibrahim.net.in>wrote:

>
> Any more suggestions?
>
> Noufal Ibrahim <noufal at nibrahim.net.in> writes:
>
> > Hello everyone,
> >         I emailed about this earlier. We're doing a panel discussion on
> > education at PyCon India.
> >
> >         I'm still getting the folks together but there will be 4 or 5
> > people at the panel. My plan is to pose a few questions we select up
> > front to guide the talk in general and open it up to the panel towards
> > the end of the discussion.
> >
> >         So, I'll need folks on the list to suggest questions which are
> > interesting[1] and I'll pick a around 7 or 8 (5 minutes for each
> > question).
> >
> >         Please reply to the thread with "interesting" questions.
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> >
> > Footnotes:
> > [1]  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QI
>
> --
> Cordially,
> Noufal
> http://nibrahim.net.in
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