May 1, 2012
“The computer can be a partner in a great diversity of relationships. The computer is an expressive medium that different people can... Read More
April 30, 2012
“Culturally shared negative attitudes toward teachers are nour ished by personal experiences. As a rebellious child I saw teachers as the enemy.... Read More
April 26, 2012
“When I met Piaget my passion for understanding mathematics came together with my desire to know how the mind works and to... Read More
April 25, 2012
“They first learn engineering, then from there they progress to learning the ideas behind it, and then they learn the mathematics. This... Read More
April 24, 2012
“It’s astonishing – no other word would do – that everywhere where there is knowledge work, you expect to see a computer... Read More
April 23, 2012
“Jean Piaget’s very strong idea that all learning takes place by discovery is emasculated by its translation into the common practice known... Read More
April 19, 2012
“Why then should computers in schools be confined to computing the sum of the squares of the first twenty odd numbers and... Read More
April 18, 2012
“I have noted elsewhere (Papert, 1996b), that School’s math can be characterized by the fact that its typical act is making marks... Read More
April 17, 2012
“Nineteenth century researchers seeking to improve transportation stumble on the idea of a jet engine and propose to use it to augment... Read More
April 16, 2012
“I give talks about this sort of thing to educators and at the end they say, “Well exactly how is the computer... Read More