THE VIDEO SHELF · computer science education
Rethinking CS Education | Alan Kay, CrossRoads 2015
Alan Kay argues for rethinking how computer science is taught in schools, drawing on his work on object-oriented programming and GUIs. He discusses how poorly people understand complex systems and what education could do about it.
Why HN readers recommended it
HN readers cite Kay's talks for his views on programming languages as user interfaces, thinking beyond logic, and why people struggle with complex systems.
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Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- Infosys Foundation USA
- Topic
- computer science education
- Format
- talk
- Level
- general
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 2
- HN mentions in dataset
- 4
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2016–2019
These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.
From the original HN conversations
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I would really really encourage everyone here to watch Alan Kay's recent talks on how poorly we understand systems and why it's critical we get better at managing them. Some good ones: - [LINK] - [VIDEO] Some people have strong opinions about Alan Kay's CS …
skadamat on Hacker News · 2018-07
In People Aren’t Dumb, the World Is HardI tend to want to teach these people, point them to books and knowledge so they can learn and be less shallow. That is a sure way to piss almost all of them off (unless they become your students), which rarely happens. Alan Kay describes …
morphle on Hacker News · 2019-07
In Ask HN: What people skills do you wish you learned earlier in your career?
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