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At 03:53 PM 3/25/2002 +0100, you wrote:
> > I write to how I want to learn -- which includes most of the "whys" then
> > following up with the "hows". So far it's been a successful format for me,
> > but not all authors and publishers agree with the approach.
>
>I tried writing my book like that (Teach Yourself XML in 21 Days, 1st
>edition) and got nothing but flames for thanks. I felt that it was
>senseless to dive straight into examples without getting some
>background first -- or else the examples would be so trivial as to be
>pointless. The publisher insisted; they were. Most of the time the
>authors have very little to say ...
>
>Simon North. --
>If a man speaks in a forest and no woman hears him, is he still
>wrong?
I wonder if there isn't some kind of 'middle ground', perhaps along the
lines of the Suzuki music method combined with constructivist,
project-based learning. There, the learners experience the software cycle
(code, compile, test -- or words to that effect) with the simplest of all
possible HelloWorld (yup, trivial) projects. Then, mix in a bit of
background, followed by a deeper project, etc...
Jack Park
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