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[Dr Paul Chandler]

To Stephen Richards and others,

I owe an apology, because I was making a reply to an individual on the list, hit reply but didn't notice that the e-mail address which was pasted in was the list address, and not the individual's - so a 500K PDF file spread itself over a good part of the known universe.  So, my apology for clogging up mailboxes.

Now, as to why a recipient e-mail client would treat my PDF as a .DAT is unknown to me, but when this happens, it is surely a pest.  So, apologies again.

If anyone would like a copy of the paper (and couldn't retrieve it from the previous message), e-mail me directly and I'll send it to you personally!

Regards,


-----Original Message-----
From: primaryit-bounces at edulists.com.au [mailto:primaryit-bounces at edulists.com.au] On Behalf Of Stephen Richards
Sent: Sunday, April 30, 2006 10:20 PM
To: Primary Teachers' Information Technology Mailing List
Subject: Re: [Primaryit] How students understand computing concepts

Paul,

On behalf of those of us who choose not to use Microsoft email products,  can you repost the paper you mentioned in a more accessible format.  It arrived on my machine as a .dat file which I can't open in any meaningful way - Word just gives me 45 pages of gibberish.

The website you directed us to was interesting - I've only skimmed it so far but it sounds similar to, or is a variant of, the constructivist approach we have been hearing about for the last 6 or
7 years.  i.e. that children learn by constructing meaning from their experiences.

I look forward to reading your paper.

Steve Richards


On 30/04/2006, at 8:32 PM, Dr Paul Chandler wrote:

> Hi ... nice to hear from you ...
>
> Here's some more details ... info about children's science summarised 
> on: http://www.educ.sfu.ca/narstsite/publications/
> research/concept.htm
>
> A briefing paper that I have recently written about what I am thinking 
> about is attached.  I'd be interested in your thoughts.
>
> I'll be in touch further!
>
> Cheers,
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: primaryit-bounces at edulists.com.au on behalf of Rachelle McLean
> Sent: Sun 4/30/2006 5:57 PM
> To: Primary Teachers' Information Technology Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [Primaryit] How students understand computing concepts
>
> Hi Paul,
>
> You have sparked my interest!
>
> Cheers,
>
> Rachelle McLean
> Multimedia Teacher
> Pakenham Hills Primary School
>
> Dr Paul Chandler wrote:
>>
>> Folks,
>>
>> Over the last couple of years, I've been turning an idea around in my 
>> mind; it's basically seeking to better understand "how students 
>> understand computing concepts".  For those who might know of 
>> "children's science" in the area of science teaching, the idea is to 
>> apply the same sorts of ideas to the understanding of computing 
>> concepts (and yes, I am deliberately using 'computing' rather than IT 
>> or ICT).  Another way to put it would be to 'probe the naïve 
>> understandings of computing'.
>>
>> I've put together some thoughts in a couple of seminars - a couple of 
>> years ago at a VITTA conference, and more recently at a gathering at 
>> Monash Uni.  I'm happy to share these around to anyone interested.
>>
>> Moreover, I'm trying to drum up a bit of interest in people who might 
>> be interested in similar sorts of things.  Without flooding the list 
>> with a whole lot of material which may not be of interest to 
>> everyone, it's not easy to give much more of an overview of what I am 
>> thinking of.  BUT if I have sparked your interest at all, please 
>> reply, and I'll be in touch.
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>>
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