Seymour Papert

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MIT professor computer scientist education theorist educator human mathematician

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

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Alan Kay → influencedBy → Seymour Papert ⓘ

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Mitchel Resnick → influencedBy → Seymour Papert ⓘ

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Mindstorms: Children, Computers, and Powerful Ideas → author → Seymour Papert ⓘ

The Children’s Machine → author → Seymour Papert ⓘ

LEGO Papert Professor of Learning Research → namedAfter → Seymour Papert ⓘ

Lifelong Kindergarten: Cultivating Creativity through Projects, Passion, Peers, and Play → influencedBy → Seymour Papert ⓘ

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Idit Harel → academicAdvisor → Seymour Papert ⓘ

Idit Harel → influencedBy → Seymour Papert ⓘ

Yasmin Kafai → influencedBy → Seymour Papert ⓘ