Connected Code: Why Children Need to Learn Programming

by Yasmin B. Kafai and Quinn Burke

Book Overview

Why every child needs to learn to code: the shift from "computational thinking" to computational participation.

Coding, once considered an arcane craft practiced by solitary techies, is now recognized by educators and theorists as a crucial skill, even a new literacy, for all children. Programming is often promoted in K-12 schools as a way to encourage "computational thinking"--which has now become the umbrella term for understanding...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262027755
• ISBN13: 9780262027755
• Release Date: January 1
• Publisher: Mit Press
• Length: 181 Pages
• Weight: 2.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.2" x 9.2"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher