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@Article{Kay:1996:BCH,
  author =       "David G. Kay",
  title =        "Bandwagons considered harmful, or the past as prologue
                 in curriculum change",
  journal =      j-SIGCSE,
  volume =       "28",
  number =       "4",
  pages =        "55--58",
  month =        dec,
  year =         "1996",
  CODEN =        "SIGSD3",
  DOI =          "https://doi.org/10.1145/242649.242666",
  ISSN =         "0097-8418 (print), 2331-3927 (electronic)",
  ISSN-L =       "0097-8418",
  bibdate =      "Sat Nov 17 18:57:36 MST 2012",
  bibsource =    "http://portal.acm.org/;
                 http://www.math.utah.edu/pub/tex/bib/sigcse1990.bib",
  abstract =     "The field of computer science changes rapidly, and
                 this change occurs as well in the introductory
                 curriculum. Formerly advanced topics filter down to the
                 first year, and even to secondary school; some topics
                 disappear completely. These changes are good---they
                 indicate a dynamic discipline and a still-emerging
                 picture of the field's fundamental principles. But we
                 must not let our revolutionary zeal blind us to the
                 pedagogical need and conceptual value of time-tested
                 material. Many topics and approaches that are well
                 understood and now unfashionable should retain their
                 place in the introductory curriculum, where they serve
                 as intellectual ballast, foundation, and motivation for
                 the more current and trendier content. We argue here
                 for balance: that radical change be tempered by an
                 appreciation for the place of long-standing approaches
                 and underlying fundamentals. Those advocating
                 curricular change must articulate their educational
                 goals fully and consider explicitly what effect on
                 those goals they expect the change to have; they must
                 not throw the baby out with the bathwater.",
  acknowledgement = ack-nhfb,
  fjournal =     "SIGCSE Bulletin (ACM Special Interest Group on
                 Computer Science Education)",
  journal-URL =  "http://portal.acm.org/browse_dl.cfm?idx=J688",
}

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