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The Death Of CS In Education?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the give-it-bawls-for-life-support dept.

JohnnyKimble writes "A provocatively titled article recently appeared in the 'Future of Computing' section of the British Computer Society website. 'The Death Of Computing' was written by a lecturer at De Montfort University in the UK, and considers the problem of falling interest in computer science courses in the UK and what needs to be done to encourage more students to take the courses." This ties in well with our discussion last night about Why Software is Hard.

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  1. Re:Grand theft auto vs. circles by julesh · · Score: 5, Interesting

    That's not a generation gap talking. That's the fact that less than one person in a hundred actually finds this stuff interesting.

    This is how it was, and how it is. In the middle, there was a spike of people looking at lists of well-paid jobs and industry articles complaining about a shortage of people with the skills to fill them, and seeing those three-stage plans without the missing step. Most of those are gone, now. We're back to just the enthusiasts.