Panel:


Charles Max Wood
Shai Reznik
Ward Bell


Special Guests: Neil Brown

In this episode, the Adventures in Angular panel talks to Neil Brown about learning to code and learning to code better. Neil works as a research fellow at Kings College in London where he works in computing education. He is very interested in how people learn to program and also making tools that make learning to program easier. They talk about things that experts can do to help new people pick up programming easier, how you can use live programming to teach novices, and the importance of having a supportive community. They also touch on what he has learned from his research, the necessity of practice over time, and more!

In particular, we dive pretty deep on:


Ruby Rogues Episode 257
Neil intro
Learning to code better
What kind of things can we do to help new people pick up programming easier?
Experts operate differently than novices
How an expert codes VS how a novice codes
Pragmatic Thinking and Learning by Andy Hunt
Putting yourself in a new programmer’s shoes
Experts forget how much knowledge they’ve got
How do you need to design instruction for novices?
Live programming
Seeing that people make mistakes along the way all the time
Keep the mistakes
Computer science degree VS self-taught VS boot camps
People learn differently
Element of having a supportive community
Do you see any threat to people transitioning to online schooling?
The curse of knowledge
What have you learned in your research?
You need a lot of practice
Helps to have spaced practice
The best way to learn
Ten quick tips for teaching programming by Neil Brown
And much, much more!


Links:


Ruby Rogues Episode 257
Pragmatic Thinking and Learning by Andy Hunt
Ten quick tips for teaching programming by Neil Brown
@neilccbrown
Neil’s Website


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Shai


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Neil


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Special Guest: Neil Brown.