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Teaching Programming Across Disciplines

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Teaching Programming Across Disciplines
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Dedication
Who Are We and How Did We Get Here?
Welcome to the Book
=== Part I — Theories and Applications of Teaching Programming
Introduction to Part I
Theme — Pair Programming: What? How? Why?
Where Do I Even Start With Pair Programming in My Classroom? A Conversation With Seasoned Practitioners
Structured Group Work With Assigned Asymmetrical Roles and Switching: Lessons From Pair Programming Across Disciplines
Pair Programming in Practice: A PhD Tutor’s Reflections
Theme — Building Healthy Programming Habits
Brain Book Buddy Boss Break: A Practical Debugging Framework for Learners
A Guide on Empowering Students to Develop a Coding Mindset
It Depends: How to Develop Judgement in Programming
Theme — Programming in a World of Generative AI
Hype and The Need for Responsible Compute
An Optimistic Outlook on Teaching, Learning and Assessment for Coding With the Emergence of Generative AI
AI, Voice, and Style in Programming Education
How Teaching Programming Across Disciplines Can Instil Systems Thinking
Theme — Teaching Programming Courses: What Worked for Us
Computer Says No: Reducing Technical Barriers to Help Novice Programmers
Practices To Foster Inclusion and Accessibility in Programming Teaching
Overcoming Coding Anxiety: Lowering the Stakes and Making It Fun
3 Stars and 1 Wish: Small and Frequent Student Reflections Promote a Sense of Wonder and a Community of Vulnerability
Sequential vs. Simultaneous: Approaches to Learning Programming and Statistics
=== Part II — Teaching Programming in Context: Design and Practice
Introduction to Part II
Theme — Drawing on Group Dynamics for Programming Education
Peer Programming in Action: Pair Programming in Larger Groups
Leveraging the Heterogeneity: Teaching Computing Skills to a Multidisciplinary Cohort With a Variable Skill Level
Learning Together Across Modes: Online and On-Site Pair Programming in a Fusion Course
Theme — Teaching Programming to Novices: Python and Beyond
A Practical Guide to Teaching Python as a Computational Tool in an Introductory Data Analysis Course
Notebooks for Novices? Pros and Cons of Jupyter
Bridging Languages: Teaching C to Python Novices
Theme — Thinking Outside the Box: Designing Engaging Learning Experiences
Dungeon Crawlers and Anarchists: Co-Designing Programming Teaching Experiences
Removing Barriers by Programming Without Computers
Practical Approaches to Using Sound and Music in Programming Pedagogy
Ways to Teach Online: Lessons Learned Through Experience
Seeing Before Coding, Doodling Before Doing: How Teaching Data Visualisation Transforms the Way Students Think
=== Part III — Assessment and Feedback: Principles and Practice
Introduction to Part III
Theme — Frameworks for Assessment and Feedback
Developing a Skills-Based Framework for Assessments in Programming Courses
Managing the Rubik’s Cube of Assessment: The Action Feedback Protocol
Theme — Practical Methods for Assessing Programming
Assessment and Marking in an Introductory Programming Course for Physics Students
Generative AI in Assessments: Before, During, and After
Using Automated Marking in Programming Courses To Enhance Learning
=== Part IV — Case Studies
Introduction to Part IV
Theme — Building Learning Communities and Resources
A Gentle Introduction to Coding: Narratives From a Programming Summer School for Social Sciences and Humanities
Case Study From Scotland’s Rural College: The Wild(Life) Side of Pair Programming
Interdisciplinary by Design: The Centre for Data, Culture, & Society Training Programme
Changing Civil Engineering Students’ Mindset Toward Programming
Lost in Translation: Complexities and Good Practices of Translating Coding-Based Teaching Materials Across Multiple Human Languages
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Closing Remarks for This Book
Authors’ Biographies
Image Register
Bibliography

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Dedication

This book is dedicated to Ada Lucy Banas, who entered the world on St Patrick’s Day, 17 March 2026 ☘️, in the middle of the book development process.

Who Are We and How Did We Get Here?