Data Centricity - Rethinking Introductory Computing To Support Data Science

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Argues for centering introductory computing on two-dimensional tables first as the primary data structure, teaching normalization, filtering, new-column computation and schemas before algorithms. Uses a custom education-focused language called Pirate for the first two months (functional style, testing baked into definitions) then transitions to Python/Pandas for state, hash tables and practical workflows. Curriculum is research-backed, shows improved uptake of higher-order functions and testing habits, and is documented in a CACM article and an online textbook.

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1. 0:00Introduction
2. 0:35Pressures on computing curriculum
3. 7:53Datacentric intro to computing
4. 15:35Python vs Pirate
5. 20:01Data Science vs CS

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