Is it possible to acquire coding capabilities as we acquire native languages?
This presentation puts together convincing arguments to assess the viability of such an approach, suggesting that current tools and methodologies (based on visual programming languages, interactive online tools, and playful intuitive exercises) could be effectively combined to build an informal language-neutral learning environment.
The result could be a new generation of "native coders" with unmediated computational thinking skills.
3. LINGUISTIC RIGHTS
International Mother Language Day
http://www.unescobkk.org/education/multilingual-education/international-mother-language-day/
UNESCO
INTERNATIONAL
MOTHER LANGUAGE DAY
February 21
4. MOTHER LANGUAGE
L1
MOTHER TONGUE
FIRST LANGUAGE
NATIVE LANGUAGE
The language(s) a person has learned from birth
or speaks the best.
There could
be more
than one
BILINGUAL
mother tongue
5. LANGUAGE ACQUISITION
L1
LEARNING
The product of a subconscious process that
occurs in natural environments
out of the need to communicate
The product of formal instruction
that comprises a conscious process
which results in conscious knowledge
S.D. Krashen, The input hypothesis: issues and implications
Addison-Wesley Longman Ltd, 1985
6. LANGUAGE ACQUISITION THEORIES
L1
INNATENESS
Language acquisition device
Chomsky
THEORIES OF LANGUAGE ACQUISITION
http://www.slideshare.net/cupidlucid/theories-of-language-acquisition1-presentation-710182
IMITATION
COGNITION
INPUT
BEHAVIOURISM
Universal grammar
Piaget
Ferguson
Skinner
Experience is the key
Imitation and reinforcement
MENTALISM
Concepts come first
Maternal approach
7. INCREMENTAL EXPERIENCE
COMMON EVIDENCE
L1
IMITATION
THEORIES OF LANGUAGE ACQUISITION
http://www.slideshare.net/cupidlucid/theories-of-language-acquisition1-presentation-710182
INTERACTION
NECESSITY
KEY FACTORS REGARDLESS OF THEORY
PRACTICE
ENVIRONMENT
9. L1
THINKING
Jerome Bruner's Theory
http://www.theoryfundamentals.com/bruner.htm
It is through language that we learn about objects
and how to understand them. For people at the
symbolic stage language is also the basis of our
thought. Because language is so vital to our
thought process if we do not have the word for a
concept then according to Bruner we don't fully
understand that concept. In this sense our
language shapes to a large extent what we are able
to learn and know.
LANGUAGE INFLUENCES COGNITION
10. L1
THINKING
La lingua madre non si nasconde
http://www.lescienze.it/news/2008/04/05/news/la_lingua_madre_non_si_nasconde-579889/
BRAIN ACTIVITY REVEALS L1
Acquisition of native language takes place together
with the acquisition of conceptual knowledge,
sensory experience, and regulations, which affect
our brain forever.
11. L1
EARLY EDUCATION
OECD, Investing in high-quality early childhood education and care (ECEC)
http://www.oecd.org/edu/school/48980282.pdf
RATE OF
RETURN OF INVESTMENTS
IN HUMAN CAPITAL
pre school post
age
ROI
12. L1Learning and Developing Through Play
http://www.ncca.biz/Aistear/pdfs/Guidelines_ENG/Play_ENG.pdf
PLAY AND DEVELOPMENT
13. L1
GAMES IN EDUCATION
Playing to learn
http://news.stanford.edu/news/2013/march/games-education-tool-030113.html
PLAYING TO LEARN
Using games as an educational tool
provides opportunities for deeper
learning
14. CODING
THE LANGUAGE OF THINGS
A. Bogliolo, Coding: the language of things, 2013
http://www.slideshare.net/alessandrobogliolo/coding-the-language-of-things
15. CODING
SKILL GAP
European Digital Skill Gap 2014
http://www.debatingeurope.eu/2014/11/12/european-digital-skills-gap/
competitiveness
employment
34. IMITATION AND INTERACTION
CodingL1
SILENT VIDEO TUTORIALS
LIVE CODING SESSIONS
STEP-BY-STEP EXAMPLES
TRIAL AND ERROR
OPEN SOURCE EXAMPLES
REMIX
CHALLENGE
HACKATHON
competition collaboration