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Introduction: Learn to Code, Learn to Think Posted: September 26, 2013 | Author: Hilary Mason | Filed under: blog | Tags: code , philosophy , teaching , thinking | 11 Comments » I recently had a tweet that’s caused a bit of comment , and I wanted to expand on the point. Everyone does realize that it's not about teaching people to CODE as much as it is about teaching people to THINK … right? — Hilary Mason (@hmason) September 17, 2013 I’m a huge fan of the movement to teach people, especially kids, to code. When you learn to code, you’re learning to think precisely and analytically about a quirky world. It doesn’t really matter which particular technology you learn, as long as you are learning to solve the underlying logical problems. If a student becomes a professional engineer, their programming ability will rise above the details of the language, anyway. And if they don’t, they will have learned to reason logically, a skill that’s invaluable no matt
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