065: Teaching Programming to Kids

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Parent Driven Development Episode 065: Teaching Programming to Kids with Felienne Welcome, Felienne! Felienne is the creator of the Hedy programming language, and was one of the founders of the Joy of Coding conference. Since 2016, she has been a host at SE radio, one of the most popular software engineering podcasts on the web. Felienne is the author of “The Programmer’s Brain” a book that helps programmers understand how their brains work and how to use it more effectively. In 2021, Felienne was awarded the Dutch Prize for ICT research. 0:50 How does Felienne become interested in programming education? Research field towards programming education Love of kids 3:33 Methods and strategies to help kids understand Relevant for professionals Full concentration disables full memory, so she lowers the cognitive load After time, memory starts to build and functioning increases 6:02 Maximizing different learning styles in kids Learn their preferences Challenges their default learning style 9:57 Felienne’s new book How people learn programming The more information you know about your brain can help you understand how you learn 11:40 Interesting findings Cognitive load 14:00 Top tips related to programming Refactoring for personal comprehension Let go of one golden standard that code is suppose to look like 17:29 Specific differences between professionals and kids Motivation Concrete vs open ended expression 20:50 - 1 take away Take the kids hands, and guide them 22:20 Allison and her husband score a few days each solo as they transition back into their home #genius Felienne’s students fuss over the different symbols of division in coding #fail How can I support the podcast? Please follow us @parentdrivendev on Twitter or email us at [email protected]. Our website is at ParentDrivenDevelopment.com. Allison Special Guest: Felienne Hermans.

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Parent Driven Development Episode 065: Teaching Programming to Kids with Felienne Welcome, Felienne! Felienne is the creator of the Hedy programming language, and was one of the founders of the Joy of Coding conference. Since 2016, she has been a host at SE radio, one of the most popular software engineering podcasts on the web. Felienne is the author of “The Programmer’s Brain” a book that helps programmers understand how their brains work and how to use it more effectively. In 2021, Felienne was awarded the Dutch Prize for ICT research. 0:50 How does Felienne become interested in programming education? Research field towards programming education Love of kids 3:33 Methods and strategies to help kids understand Relevant for professionals Full concentration disables full memory, so she lowers the cognitive load After time, memory starts to build and functioning increases 6:02 Maximizing different learning styles in kids Learn their preferences Challenges their default learning style 9:57 Felienne’s new book How people learn programming The more information you know about your brain can help you understand how you learn 11:40 Interesting findings Cognitive load 14:00 Top tips related to programming Refactoring for personal comprehension Let go of one golden standard that code is suppose to look like 17:29 Specific differences between professionals and kids Motivation Concrete vs open ended expression 20:50 - 1 take away Take the kids hands, and guide them 22:20 Allison and her husband score a few days each solo as they transition back into their home #genius Felienne’s students fuss over the different symbols of division in coding #fail How can I support the podcast? Please follow us @parentdrivendev on Twitter or email us at [email protected]. Our website is at ParentDrivenDevelopment.com. Allison Special Guest: Felienne Hermans.

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