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Brian Harvey (lecturer)

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Brian K. Harvey
Born1949 (age 74–75)
Alma materMIT
Stanford University
UC Berkeley
New College of California
Known forUCBLogo
Scientific career
FieldsMathematics
Computer Science
Psychology
Education
InstitutionsUniversity of California - Berkeley
ThesisThe high school computer center: educational goals in theory and practice (philosophy, programming, moral) (1985)
Websitewww.eecs.berkeley.edu/~bh/

Brian Keith Harvey (born 1949) is a Lecturer SOE of computer science at University of California, Berkeley. He and his students developed UCBLogo, a free and open source Logo interpreter for learners.

He received his B.S. in Mathematics at MIT, 1969, a M.S. in Computer Science, Stanford University, 1975, and a Ph.D. in Science and Mathematics Education, UC Berkeley, 1985. He also received a M.A. in Clinical Psychology, New College of California, 1990.

Work

Until his retirement in July 2013, Harvey taught introductory (lower-division) computer science courses at Berkeley, as well as the "CS 195, Social Implications of Computing".[1] He was also involved in the development of the Logo (programming language) for the use in K-12 education.

Together with the German programmer Jens Mönig, Harvey designed BYOB ("Build Your Own Blocks") and its successor Snap!, an extended version of the Scratch (programming language), which added higher order functions and true object inheritance for first-class sprites. With "CS10, The Beauty and Joy of Computing" at Berkeley he co-established the first course that's using BYOB and spread it to other colleges and high schools.

Awards

Selected publications

References

  1. ^ Hafner, Kate (May 22, 2003). "Computing's Lost Allure". New York Times. Retrieved 17 October 2012.