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Seymour Papert Quotes

1928–2016 South Africa

Seymour Papert (February 29, 1928 – July 31, 2016) was an MIT mathematician, computer scientist, and prominent educator.

South Africa
Educators
Mathematicians
Psychologists

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Should the computer program the kid or should the kid program the computer?

Many children who grow up in our cities are surrounded by the artifacts of science but have good reason to see them as belonging to "the others"; in many cases they are perceived as belonging to the social enemy.

Mindstorms: Children, Computers, and Powerful Ideas (1980)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Seymour Papert (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.