[Pythonmac-SIG] Curriculum, Course Outlines?

[Jim Harrison]

on 10/21/99 1:11 AM, Patrick Curtain at patrick@swdev.com wrote:

> I'm in the middle of putting together a course outline for teaching
> programming and I'm wanting to use Python.
> 
> Does anyone have any materials?  Course suggestions?

Patrick-

If you haven't already, I'd recommend you take a look at Guido van Rossum's
proposal "Computer Programming for Everybody"
<http://www.python.org/doc/essays/cp4e.html>. He and collaborators propose
to create a curriculum and tools for teaching beginning programming in
secondary schools and college, using Python. The proposal has been funded by
DARPA and work is beginning this fall. It's possible you could collaborate,
or at least get some direction from the materials they are developing.

Best wishes,

Jim Harrison
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