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The Lessons of Logo Teaching and Computers Magazine “The Magazine for Teachers of the 1990s” March/April 1990 – Volume 7, Number 5... Read More
February 29, 2020 – Happy Birthday Seymour!
“When people claim that my vision of education does away with teachers, I get very upset. That turns on its head what I’ve been trying to say. Schools give teachers very little opportunity to teach. They spend most of their time brainwashing or forcing children to do rote activities nobody believes in. In the kind of learning environment I envision, teachers can really teach.” Greth, C. V. (2983). Seymour... Read More
June 27, 2017
Seymour Papert (early 200s): And by the way something that we’ve seen that’s incredibly encouraging is that there’s a lot of fear... Read More
April 1, 2014
Curator’s Note: Thanks to the Internet Archive, I found this long-lost article by Dr. Papert written for the March 1981 issue Creative... Read More
August 22, 2012
“We need chutzpah to face down those people who say “ Hey who are we to say technology should dictate what children... 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 2, 2012
“The role of the teacher is to become a co-learner. Eventually, teachers, that is to say, adults with experience of learning will... Read More
March 26, 2012
“Many aspects of School block teachers from the fulfillment of functioning in a class as co-learners.” Papert, S. (1993) The Children’s Machine:... Read More
March 22, 2012
“In Mindstorms (Papert, 1980), I asked (choosing one out of a vast number of possible examples) why the quadratic equation of the... Read More
February 14, 2012
“The best learning is learning that is embraced and enjoyed. Children love to learn until they are taught otherwise. Indeed even then,... Read More