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Mindstorms Seymour Papert

Mindstorms By Seymour Papert

Mindstorms by Seymour Papert


£12.79
Condition - Very Good
5 in stock

Summary

Mindstorms is an insightful observation about children, computers and computer cultures and the role technology plays in learning.

Mindstorms Summary

Mindstorms: Children, Computers, And Powerful Ideas by Seymour Papert

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.

Mindstorms Reviews

"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

"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

"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

About Seymour Papert

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

Additional information

GOR005131963
9780465046744
0465046746
Mindstorms: Children, Computers, And Powerful Ideas by Seymour Papert
Used - Very Good
Paperback
INGRAM PUBLISHER SERVICES US
1993-07-14
252
N/A
Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
This is a used book - there is no escaping the fact it has been read by someone else and it will show signs of wear and previous use. Overall we expect it to be in very good condition, but if you are not entirely satisfied please get in touch with us

Customer Reviews - Mindstorms