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Ken Robinson: Changing education paradigms | Video on TED.com

Ken Robinson: Changing education paradigms | Video on TED.com

Chapter on Problem-Solving

Two members of the Computing Division of the University of Northampton have contributed a chapter to the book   Software Industry-Oriented Education Practices and Curriculum Development: Experiences and Lessons   edited by  Drs. Matthew Hussey, Xiaofei Xu and Bing Wu.   ISBN:  978-1609607975   IGI Global  to be published later this year. Problems First Gary Hill and Scott Turner ABSTRACT This chapter considers the need to focus initial programming education on  problem-solving , in advance of programming syntax and software design methodology. The main vehicle for this approach is simple Lego based  robots  programmed in  Java , followed by the programming of a graphical representation/simulation to develop programming skills.  P roblem solving is not trivial (Beaumont & Fox, 2003) and is an important skill, central to computing and engineering. An approach will be considered, illustrated with a series of  problem-solving  tasks