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Re: [seul-edu] Language to teach 10 year olds

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From: "Pierre J Gregoire" <pierre_gregoire@lycos.com>
Date: Sun, 15 Jul 2001 08:45:29 -0500
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Greetings,
I am most grateful for these discussions. The open source model as applied to educational theory is a natural fit. 

The question of teaching programming or theory to 10 year olds does not strike me as a dichotomy. Everything we try to teach is (or should be) fundamentally metacognition. What allows better thinking about thinking than programming, regardless of the example/language?
Although, developmentally, the child learns to walk by practicing walking, it is a significant that the child who practices crawling first becomes a more successful reader.
---
Pierre Gregoire, MLIS
Director of Technology
Fenton Community High School
District 100
Bensenville, IL 60106
630-787-4098



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