Teaching Programming across Disciplines

Welcome to our book!

We are a community of teachers and educators of computer programming outside of traditional computer science settings. Our 300+ members around the world meet every year for a Winter School and co-author a book called Teaching Programming across Disciplines (this very book).

Our book is an edited, open-access volume comprised of many short chapters written by groups of authors.

We will be launching the first edition of Teaching Programming Across Disciplines at the “Summer-time Winter School” on 22 June 2026! 🌈

The hard deadline for chapter submissions is 1 April 2026 – meaning your chapter should be edited, polished, and on the GitHub Repository (watch Pawel’s video for instructions on how to do this). The book will be growing from now until 1 April 2026 as chapters are added. 📖 There will be a print copy available (eventually… stay tuned).

We hold monthly writing retreats, which authors or anyone interested in having dedicated writing time with a group of lovely people are welcome to join. We also have a newsletter with book updates and (interesting) events. ➡️ If you would like to join our mailing list, email pairprogramming@ed.ac.uk

🖋️ The Book Team (Brittany Blankinship, Franziska McManus, Pawel Orzechowski, Kasia Banas, Charlotte Desvages, Beatrice Alex, Umberto Noé, Ozan Evkaya, Serveh Sharifi Far, Clare Llewellyn)