Mindstorms

Children, Computers, And Powerful Ideas

Seymour Papert, Seymour A. Papert

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English

Basic Books
04 August 1993

Social & cultural history; Child & developmental psychology; Education; Educational equipment & technology, computer-aided learning (CAL); History of engineering & technology; Programming & scripting languages: general

Mindstorms

has two central themes: that children can learn to use computers in a masterful way and that learning to use computers can change the way they learn everything else. Even outside the classroom, Papert had a vision that the computer could be used just as casually and as personally for a diversity of purposes throughout a person's entire life. Seymour Papert makes the point that in classrooms saturated with technology there is actually more socialization and that the technology often contributes to greater interaction among students and among students and instructors.

By: Seymour Papert, Seymour A. Papert
Imprint: Basic Books
Country of Publication: United States
Edition: New edition
Dimensions: Height: 203mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 14mm
Weight: 270g
ISBN: 9780465046744
ISBN 10: 0465046746
Pages: 252
Publication Date: 04 August 1993
Audience: General/trade , College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , ELT Advanced , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Out of Print

Seymour Papert is Lego Professor of Mathematics and Education at MIT, where he is also co-founder of the artificial intelligence and media labouratories.

Reviews for Mindstorms: Children, Computers, And Powerful Ideas

Ever since I met Seymour...I liked the way he talked about kids and how they learn. What he taught me was that each of us can learn and that computers are a unique tool to be used in our learning. But real learning is not rote and not commanded, but the result of exploration and delight. --Governor Jerry Brown [Papert] offers one of the most promising glimpses yet of how we might build toward an education system in which we could take renewed pride. --New York Times Book Review Papert's fascinating volume should help adults allay their own fear of computers and not extend those fears into the uncorrupted psyches of children. --Choice Seymour Papert is the greatest of all living education theorists. He puts into the hands of the child new conceptual tools and thus changes the learning experience from a matter of discipline and suffering into one of excitement. --Marvin Minsky