Seymour Papert

Seymour Papert (born

=About Papert=

*The developer of an interesting and original vision on learning called Constructionist learning, built upon the work of Jean Piaget (Constructivism (pedagogical)). Rethinks how schools should work based on these theories of learning. Also focuses on the impact of new technologies on learning in general and schools as a learning organisation in particular. *Has been called (by Marvin Minsky) the greatest living mathematics educator [cover of Mindstorms ] *A proponent of the Knowledge Machine. *Worked with Jean Piaget during the 1960 and is widely considered the most brilliant and successful of Piaget s proteges. Piaget once said that no one understand my ideas as well as Papert. [Direct Observation] *Influenced Alan Kay and the Dynabook concept. *Created the Epistemology & Learning Research Group and the MIT Media Lab

Influenced the reserach of .

*A collaborator with Lego on their Logo-programmable Lego Mindstorms robotics kits. *Was a leading figure in the revolutionary socialist circle around Socialist Review while living in London in the 1950s.

=Books by Papert=

Mindstorms: Children, Computers, and Powerful Ideas ISBN 0465046746

Perceptrons, (with Marvin Minsky), MIT Press, 1969 (Enlarged edition, 1988).

=Achievements=

does not have to lack functionality for expert users.

=See also=

*Papert s principle

=External links=

*[www.media.mit.edu/people/papert/" title="http://papert.www.media.mit.edu/people/papert/" target="_blank">http://papert.www.media.mit.edu/people/papert/ Short biography at MIT] *[http://www.papert.org/ Home page of Dr. Papert] *[http://el.media.mit.edu/logo-foundation/ Logo Foundation] *[http://mindstorms.lego.com/ LEGO Mindstorms] *[http://www.MaMaMedia.com MaMaMedia Inc.] *[http://www.abc.net.au/sundayprofile/stories/s1144341.htm Interview]