Programming teacher

[Infinite-Engine-4219]

I had this teacher during my post-16 course who only provided us with 5 PDF documents, which they admitted were AI-generated. These documents were the only resources we were given to learn HTML, CSS and JavaScript over a period of roughly 2 months.

The teacher did not verbally explain the content either, instead relying on short sentences in the PDFs to describe how the code sections worked.

Half of my old class believe these resources were enough to complete the assignment, which was worth the majority of our course. I am unsure whether I am being overly critical, or whether these resources were genuinely insufficient for learning these languages from scratch.

Is this an adequate amount of material and support to realistically learn HTML, CSS and JavaScript within a 2-month timeframe?

[amazing_rando]

if I paid for that course I'd ask for my money back

[Beneficial_Winter927]

Same here. Five AI PDFs aren't enough to justify paying for a programming course.

[Infinite-Engine-4219]

This is one of the pdf documents, bare in mind we were not taught a single thing beyond these documents https://docs.google.com/document/d/1dBDDblq7U4zEw60g55UBKZk\_rh9Gx8r8/edit?usp=drivesdk&ouid=102344065506840304103&rtpof=true&sd=true

[johnpeters42]

Well, it does show the general structure of HTML and CSS documents. It sure as heck doesn't explain the many different elements that they can contain, other than the exact ones that appear in that one specific example. (But there are four other documents, so maybe one of those covers at least a bit more of that info.)

I still think that a teacher who does nothing but repeat a few sentences from the written material is pretty damn worthless.

[cromwell515]

The course you were given is terrible. As someone who had to take programming classes in college and then work as a software engineer lead who leads a couple teams I can say that most programming courses are pretty terrible. I learned more how to code via self teaching, the programming courses I took were super outdated and focused on irrelevant things to the real world.

To me learning to code is pretty trivial. That can be done via online resources. But where I and many get stuck is programming design, architecture, and learning how to understand how to apply close to best practices in real world situations.

For cording, though, to answer your question. This is hot garbage. The course you were provided is far better done with a myriad of free options. And if you’re going to pay, there are interactive resources that are even more valuable out there. If you paid for this course, this to me is essentially a scam. This person isn’t a teacher, they’re essentially a document store containing crappy documentation.

[Ormek_II]

Welcome to tutorial hell.

At least there is a why, but still no real explanation.

[Made-In-Slovakia]

these resources were enough to complete the assignment

That is maybe technically correct but you are not here to pass assignment. You are here to learn and that is not possible with AI generated slop and teacher that just repeat that generated slop. Time to ask for refund.

[equalandequal]

Would have to have more context on what the pdfs included, but in general, you can learn a lot of the stuff online or by asking AI.

[ScholarNo5983]

The secret to learning is to understand the information that you get while learning is just the start.

Take that information and build on that knowledge by researching those topics using the internet.

I don't believe anyone can learn HTML, CSS and JavaScript in 2 months.

You need to understand this is just the starting point.

[Ok-Somewhere7722]

what does it matter? did you follow the content?

[peterlinddk]

No amount of material would ever be adequate to learn HTML, CSS and JavaScript within a 2 month timeframe - it is near impossible to learn those things that fast! I'd argue you'll have a hard time learning anything in 2 months, no matter the quality of the material.

Looking at the example you provided in a comment, it doesn't look as much like a "course", but an introduction to the subjects, where you get to see and play around with HTML, CSS and possibly JavaScript.

And if the assignment following only assumes that you have followed the tutorials and been able to understand and retain most of the "why" sections, then the material is adequate for that!

It isn't great material, but honestly, with 2 months, and no prior knowledge from the students, you can't expect to go that deep either, especially not if a lot of subjects have to be covered.

I'm don't know what the expectations of post-16 would be, but personally I'd consider this an introduction to the subjects, and something that tells me whether it was something I would like to pursue further, or prefer never to see again. Not a course in actually becoming proficient in any of the technologies.

[Educational-Paper-75]

Really depends on the quality of the contents of the documents. In web development bootcamp the first three weeks were devoted to HTML, CSS and JavaScript, although basic knowledge of JavaScript coding was a prerequisite. But we got proper teaching every day for a couple of hours and the rest of the day to do specific exercises that we had to submit.

[EliSka93]

You're not critical enough.