I am a big fan of Daniel Jackson's approach to teaching programming, and really like his courses, in particular the mindblowing "Elements of Software Construction" [1], which is, by a mile, the best programming course I have come across, and which I believe is sadly underrated; I know there are more recent versions of this course, by a different professor, that use the more popular (at least in this forum) Python instead of Java, but IMHO with all due respect, they are a bit dumbed down and I believe that you won't get the same out of them. It is not really a Java course, it has improved my programming (and, very specially, design) in general, in any language. It completely changed the way I look at design patterns, for instance; it made me really understand functional programming and state machines; what OO really is about; how to choose a software paradigm for a given problem; and now I use JSP stream processing to model many programs (nothing to do with java JSP, it was created by his dad in the 70s, "the other Michael Jackson").
To really appreciate how much thought went into the design of this course, I recommend reading "A New Approach to Teaching Programming" [2]
As for the Concepts and Purposes you refer to, there is more on this in [3] [4] [5] in the MIT 6.170
To really appreciate how much thought went into the design of this course, I recommend reading "A New Approach to Teaching Programming" [2]
As for the Concepts and Purposes you refer to, there is more on this in [3] [4] [5] in the MIT 6.170
[1] https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/electrical-engineering-and-compu...
[2] http://people.csail.mit.edu/dnj/articles/teaching-6005.pdf
[3] https://stellar.mit.edu/S/course/6/fa16/6.170/courseMaterial...
[4] https://stellar.mit.edu/S/course/6/fa16/6.170/courseMaterial...
[5] https://stellar.mit.edu/S/course/6/fa16/6.170/courseMaterial...