barbaraz@tektools.UUCP (Barbara Zanzig) (12/23/84)
Newsgroups: net.cse Subject: Re: Should Computer Science be taught at the High School level? Summary: Expires: References: <241@mss.UUCP> <705@ames.UUCP> <82@uwvax.UUCP> <2237@garfield.UUCP> Sender: Reply-To: barbaraz@tektools.UUCP (Barbara Zanzig) Followup-To: Distribution: net Organization: Tektronix, Inc., Beaverton, OR. Keywords: In article <2237@garfield.UUCP> andrew@garfield.UUCP (Andrew Draskoy) writes: >Who is going to teach the courses? Around here, the teachers mostly >learned what they knew from a two-week course on BASIC offered to teachers >during the summer. Obviously some of them would know more, but how many? What if we, the working professionals, teach the courses? Here in Portland, they have a program called SEED, which teaches disadvantaged, low-income children advanced mathematics. One of the keys to success of the program is it relies on volunteer community professionals who *do* have the expertise to make it work. Why shouldn't we give a little time if we care about the education of our (and society's) children? Barbara Zanzig {allegra, ihnp4, decvax, ucbvax, ...}!tektronix!tektools!barbaraz