Papert Excerpt from MIT Media Lab Videodisc
The following excerpt of Seymour Papert speaking comes from a videodisc produced by the MIT Media Lab circa 1986-87. Transcript Seymour Papert:... 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 5, 2012
“More than 20 years ago, I was working on a project at the Muzzey Junior High School in Lexington, MA, which had... Read More
March 19, 2012
“Almost all parents think that it is a good thing for their kids to do something called “learning math” and are therefore... Read More
December 13, 2011
“In 1971 Channel 5, a local Boston TV station, produced a program on children in new learning situations and included a segment... Read More
December 9, 2011
“Actually the educational software industry does know best about something, but about something other than the best ways to learn mathematics. It... Read More
October 19, 2011
“Frankly, I think that it is downright immoral to trick children into learning and doing math when they think they are just... Read More
June 20, 2011
“90 per cent of what we teach in school math is irrelevant today. A lot of it is about how numbers are... Read More
June 13, 2011
“While it’s true that most people in math class don’t learn much math, most kids in French class don’t learn much French.... Read More