On Teaching Adults to Code
summary
Posit Academy runs 4–6 week courses (foundations in R and Python, intermediate R, Shiny) with weekly asynchronous tutorials, small groups of 8–10, and mentored sessions, reaching ~1,500 learners across ~100 companies since 2022. The core claim is that time over time plus relevant practice within reach and a community of practice produce durable learning rather than one-day workshops. Examples: Palmer penguins for early summarize practice, laddered tasks toward purrr and project work, mentors normalizing struggle and modeling problem solving.
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chapters (7)
- 0:00Teaching adults coding
- 3:08Three pillars of education
- 5:17Spaced repetition beats cramming
- 7:08Making practice relevant
- 9:13Laddering challenges
- 11:51Community glue for learning
- 16:28Learning together
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