Seymour Papert
Born
in Pretoria, South Africa
February 29, 1928
Died
July 31, 2016
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Mindstorms: Children, Computers, and Powerful Ideas
21 editions
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1980
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The Children's Machine: Rethinking School In The Age Of The Computer
10 editions
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1993
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The Connected Family: Bridging the Digital Generation Gap
4 editions
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1996
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La maquina de los ninos / The Machine of Children
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1995
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Jaillissement de l'esprit
3 editions
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1992
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A Fam¨ªlia em Rede
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Teaching children thinking
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A computer laboratory for elementary schools
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New Theories for new learnings
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“Every maker of video games knows something that the makers of curriculum don't seem to understand. You'll never see a video game being advertised as being easy. Kids who do not like school will tell you it's not because it's too hard. It's because it's--boring”
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“Generally in life, knowledge is acquired to be used. But school learning more often fits Freire's apt metaphor: knowledge is treated like money, to be put away in a bank for the future.”
― The Children's Machine: Rethinking School In The Age Of The Computer
― The Children's Machine: Rethinking School In The Age Of The Computer
“In a classical joke a child stays behind after school to ask a personal question. "Teacher, what did I learn today? " The surprised teacher asks, "Why do you ask that?" and the child replies, "Daddy always asks me and I never know what to say".”
― The Children's Machine: Rethinking School In The Age Of The Computer
― The Children's Machine: Rethinking School In The Age Of The Computer