Algorithmic and Aesthetic Literacy is a selection of texts aiming to extend current understandings of algorithmic and aesthetic literacy. The volume presents a wide array of transdisciplinary perspectives on computational and aesthetic practices and thinking. Drawing on computer and educational science, artistic research, designing and crafting, this collection delves deeply into societal and educational challenges in the wake of the digital transformation. The volume brings together diverse approaches and viewpoints to stimulate dialogue and awareness of the manifold ways in which algorithmic processes have become part of our lives. By extending our ability to respond to a data-driven world in creative and non-habitual ways, we will be better equipped to re-imagine and shape our collective future as meaningful and fulfilling.

The first comprehensive introduction to the origins, aspirations, and evolution of live coding. Performative, improvised, on the fly: live coding is about how people interact with the world and each other via code. In the last few decades, live coding has emerged as a dynamic creative practice gaining attention across cultural and technical fields—from music and the visual arts through to computer science. Live Coding: A User’s Manual is the first comprehensive introduction to the practice, and a broader cultural commentary on the potential for live coding to open up deeper questions about contemporary cultural production and computational culture. This multi-authored book—by artists and musicians, software designers, and researchers—provides a practice-focused account of the origins, aspirations, and evolution of live coding, including expositions from a wide range of live coding practitioners. In a more conceptual register, the authors consider liveness, temporality, and knowledge in relation to live coding, alongside speculating on the practice’s future forms.

W. Newton Suter argues that what is important in a changing education landscape is the ability to think clearly about research methods, reason through complex problems and evaluate published research. He explains how to evaluate data and establish its relevance.

The focus of this monograph is on the distinctions between questions addressed in research on teaching and issues of concern in teacher education and on the interplay of curricular, contextual, and pedagogical issues in both public schools and university settings. The publication is organized into seven chapters: (1) "Action Research and the Work of Teachers" (Susan E. Noffke); (2) "Developing Reflective Practice in Initial Teacher Education Courses: The Place of Reading and Writing" (Peter Lucas and Jean Rudduck); (3) "Personal Perspectives and Learning To Teach Writing" (Mary Louise Gomez and Trish L. Stoddard); (4) "Mathematics in Elementary School Tasks" (Ralph T. Putnam); (5) "Learning in Classroom Settings: Making or Breaking a Culture" (Elaine C. Collins and Judith L. Green); (6) "Teacher Culture from the Inside: A Case Study of Change from the Perspective of Active Participant Observer" (Joyce Henstrand-May); and (7) "Moving Pictures, Multiple Frames" (Renee T. Clift and Carolyn M. Evertson). (References are appended to chapters.) (LL)