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There is a movement to "contextualize" introductory programming courses (and other CS courses) by teaching core concepts in the context of a problem domain that

• drumsrgr8forn8 13y ago
  That's lovely! Part of me thinks that kind of thing should have been more of the focus of my post.
• mjn 13y ago
  That ties in a bit with Seymour Papert's idea of teaching programming as a medium of expression. One part is having a meaningful domain, though an equally important second part is encouraging exploration and tinkering, rather than plowing through rote exercises. Here's a passage from an old journal article I've long liked: http://www.kmjn.org/snippets/papert85_logovisions.html http://www.kmjn.org/snippets/papert85_logovisions.html