March 27, 2014
“Although few members of this community make a direct connection with feminism, there is a convergence of intellectual values — a “revaluation... Read More
March 25, 2014
“From the perspective of the 1990s, it appears bizarre or downright reactionary that Mindstorms makes no reference to gender or multiculturalism. I... Read More
August 24, 2012
“The word educology reminds us that we need a theory of education. One might say theories already exist. There is educational psychology;... 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
March 1, 2012
“This neat picture of successive stages has aroused such strong positive and negative reactions that the ensuing debates have obscured Piaget’s really... Read More
January 19, 2012
“Of course I’d known about Piaget before I met him. In fact, just about a month before I met him I had... Read More
November 1, 2011
“The supervaluation of abstract thinking vitiates discussion of educational issues. The reason is that educators who advocate imposing abstract ways of thinking... Read More
October 31, 2011
“Since the prevailing image of the computer is that of a logical machine, and since programming is seen as a technical and... Read More
October 6, 2011
“After World War I Piaget moved to Zurich to attend Carl Jung’s lectures on experimental psychology, and then to Paris to study... Read More
September 21, 2011
“School as we set it up is tailor-made for certain personality types. I like to think of certain scales of oppositions: like... Read More