The HiPEAC network of excellence, funded by the European Union under its 7th Framework Program, established a Task Force on Education, chaired by Professor Manolis Katevenis of the University of Crete. The Task Force conducted a Tutorial on Teaching at HiPEAC 2010, in Pisa, Italy in January, 2010.

The agenda was as follows:

* Yale N. Patt, The Art of Teaching.

* Yale N. Patt, The bottom-up approach to teaching introductory computer architecture and programming.

* Sean Halle, The top-down approach to teaching introductory computer architecture and programming.

* Discussion, moderated by Avi Mendelson, with the active participation of the speakers and the audience.