codeorientierte
Codeorientierte is a German adjectival term used to describe approaches, curricula, products, or communities that place programming and code at the center. It characterizes a focus on writing, understanding, and working with code as central elements of a given context, rather than prioritizing theory, design, or non-technical aspects alone.
Etymology and usage: The word combines the English loanword code with the German suffix orientierte (from orientieren).
Applications: In education, codeorientierte Lernpfade aim to build computational thinking and programming proficiency through hands-on projects
Critique and considerations: Labeling something as codeorientierte draws attention to coding as a central competency but
See also: code-first, programming-oriented, digitized education, software engineering.