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This short paper deals with the similarities (for teaching) between computer science as a discipline and other disciplines: for example it is like maths in one way and like medicine in another, and like English in yet another. The paper addresses the question as to how — as teachers — we can (and should) use examples from the teaching of those disciplines to enhance our own.
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Fincher, S. (1998). Learning from other disciplines: pedagogic models within computer science and from elsewhere. In: Mulder, F., van Weert, T. (eds) Informatics in Higher Education. IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-35166-7_24
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