Seymour Papert
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Seymour Papert was a pioneering mathematician, computer scientist, and educator best known for co-inventing the Logo programming language and advancing constructionist learning theories in education technology.
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MIT professor
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computer scientist → education theorist → educator → human → mathematician → |
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Jean Piaget
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| advocated |
children programming computers rather than being programmed by them
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| awardReceived |
IEEE Computer Society Computer Pioneer Award
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Marconi Prize → |
| coFounded |
MIT Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
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MIT Media Lab → |
| coInvented |
Logo programming language
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South Africa
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United States of America → |
| dateOfBirth |
1928-02-29
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| dateOfDeath |
2016-07-31
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| degree |
PhD in mathematics
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| developedTheory |
constructionism
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| educatedAt |
University of Cambridge
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University of the Witwatersrand → |
| era |
20th century
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21st century → |
| fieldOfWork |
artificial intelligence
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education → educational technology → mathematics education → |
| fullName |
Seymour Aubrey Papert
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| influenced |
Scratch programming language
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design of programming languages for children → educational technology movement → |
| influencedBy |
Jean Piaget
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| knownFor |
co-inventing the Logo programming language
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constructionism (learning theory) → pioneering educational uses of computers → work in child-computer interaction → |
| mentored |
Mitchel Resnick
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| nationality |
South African-American
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| notableWork |
Constructionism (edited volume)
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Mindstorms: Children, Computers, and Powerful Ideas → The Children’s Machine → |
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Pretoria, South Africa
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| placeOfDeath |
Blue Hill, Maine, United States
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| promoted |
use of computers as tools for thinking and learning
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| researchInterest |
how children learn mathematics
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programming as a medium for learning → |
| theorized |
children learn effectively by making and constructing
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| workedAt |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Alan Kay
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Mitchel Resnick → |
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constructionism (learning theory)
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Walter Bender
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constructionism (learning theory)
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One Laptop per Child
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Seymour Papert
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