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From: reggie@pdn.UUCP (George W. Leach)
Newsgroups: comp.edu,news.groups
Subject: Re: Any interest in an 'education' group (was Re: The subject matter of this newsgroup [comp.edu])
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Date: 27 Dec 88 12:27:16 GMT
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Reply-To: reggie@pdn.UUCP (George W. Leach)
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In article <12932@bellcore.bellcore.com> duncan@ctt.bellcore.com (Scott Duncan) writes:

>On the other hand, Mark is correct in that the subject matter of these dis-
>cussions may have strayed too far from computer science education, per se.


    Whenever we approach the beginning of a new semester, some postings
come along that touch upon subjects that are not restricted to computer
science education.  They often touch off long discussions on general
educational topics such as the ones we currently are discussing.

>I have not bee able to uncover any other newsgroup with deals specifically
>with issues of educational philosophy, practice, etc.  I am, therefore,
>asking if this is something people would be interested in seeing?


     I think if we set such a newsgroup up, then there will be a lot less
traffic in this newsgroup.  When is the last time you saw a discussion
specific to computer science education in this newsgroup?



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