Hi all,
as studying for my master degree, Im trying to explain as accuratly
as I can the ideas that are behind Etoys. Its funny how hard it is
to explain something when you are working with it involved with
it...
As a psychologist (doing a master degree in psychology department
;)), what im trying to do is to show the theory behind Etoys to
people who dont know almost nothing about it.
It could sound a strange task, but what Im trying now is to explain
to people the notion of "object". Then, I wonder:
What is an object in Etoys, how could we define an object?
Maybe I should better explain this. For example: while working with
8,9,10 years old children here, a curious thing im seeing is that
the notion of an object (as an independent thing, that belongs to a
world - wich is also an object- but works independently from it,
that has its features, handles, functions, etc) is not a given thing
for them. For example, even many times later then Ive shown it and
explained it, children could still be drawing many things together,
just to "keep" them and realize (frustrated, sometimes) they come as
the same object. Of course it depends on the kid, but it could take
some time after they start realizing it and creating them
separatly... And even after that, I think this is a central question
working on Etoys: create things that work separatly and program
them, step-by-step.
Children (and this goes to many adults as well) start thinking all
together, like a big idea, and to realize that programming require
thinking in levels, or steps, is a major idea of the thing...
Maybe (hope not!) im being a bit confusing, but i was just wondering
if you guys have some ideas of papers, researches, etc that explain
or talk about these ideas, or how Etoys was thought (if was) related
to the notion of object.
all the best,
Bruno
Em 27/09/2012 12:38, Rita Freudenberg
escreveu:
Dear educators,
I'm sorry but I'm stuck in the office with a print job that
might take another hour and I'll not make it for our meeting in
time. I'll try to start a hangout at 1 pm EDT / 10 am PDT, I
hope to see you then!
Greetings,
Rita
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