Seymour Papert

Mathematics, Computer Science South African-American 1928 – 2016 328 quotes

Co-inventor of the Logo programming language and a proponent of constructionism in education.

Quotes by Seymour Papert

The computer can be a powerful ally in the struggle to make learning more personal and more meaningful.

Mindstorms: Children, Computers, and Powerful Ideas

We need to create learning environments where children can be active participants in their own learning.

The Children's Machine: Rethinking School in the Age of the Computer

The computer is a medium for creativity and self-expression.

Mindstorms: Children, Computers, and Powerful Ideas

The computer can help us to understand how children learn, and how we can best support that learning.

Mindstorms: Children, Computers, and Powerful Ideas

The computer can be a tool for breaking down the barriers between subjects and disciplines.

Mindstorms: Children, Computers, and Powerful Ideas

The computer can be a catalyst for a new kind of learning, one that is more active, more engaging, and more personal.

Mindstorms: Children, Computers, and Powerful Ideas

The computer can be a powerful force for change in education, but only if we use it wisely.

Mindstorms: Children, Computers, and Powerful Ideas

The computer can help us to create a more equitable and just educational system.

Mindstorms: Children, Computers, and Powerful Ideas

The computer can be a tool for empowering children and giving them a voice.

Mindstorms: Children, Computers, and Powerful Ideas

The computer can be a bridge between the world of the child and the world of powerful ideas.

Mindstorms: Children, Computers, and Powerful Ideas

The computer can be a partner in learning, a collaborator in discovery.

Mindstorms: Children, Computers, and Powerful Ideas

The computer can be a window into new worlds of knowledge and understanding.

Mindstorms: Children, Computers, and Powerful Ideas

The computer can be a tool for making the abstract concrete, the invisible visible.

Mindstorms: Children, Computers, and Powerful Ideas

The computer can be a means of personalizing learning, tailoring it to the needs and interests of each individual child.

Mindstorms: Children, Computers, and Powerful Ideas

The computer can be a force for democratizing knowledge and making it accessible to all.

Mindstorms: Children, Computers, and Powerful Ideas

The computer can be a tool for fostering critical thinking and problem-solving skills.

Mindstorms: Children, Computers, and Powerful Ideas

The computer can be a catalyst for innovation and creativity in education.

Mindstorms: Children, Computers, and Powerful Ideas

The computer can be a powerful instrument for social change and progress.

Mindstorms: Children, Computers, and Powerful Ideas

The computer can be a tool for building a better future, one child at a time.

Mindstorms: Children, Computers, and Powerful Ideas

The child learns to talk, to walk, to play, to think, to reason, to feel, to love, to hate, to fear, to hope, to dream, to imagine, to create, to destroy, to build, to break, to mend, to share, to keep, to give, to take, to fight, to make up, to win, to lose, to live, to die. All this without being taught.

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