Interesting page. I disagreed with almost everything there. It seems to be a mixture of how programming should be and how to teach this idealised concept. I am not sure where it gets you. Are you hoping that once educated like this someone will go on to learn proper programming? At the end of the day someone has to create these utopian environments. Is there any point in teaching anyone how to program if there is nothing they can do with it, or is it just entertainment and baby minding that so much of education has become nowerdays.
I don't think there is anything better than trying to get students to think. It is hard to do but once you have done it then they simple educate themselves. Education is not about learning stuff, it is about learning how to learn.