The Children's Machine
Bringing the Computer Revolution to Our Schools
Published on 6. July 1993
Book
Hardback
288 pages
978-0-465-01830-7 (ISBN)
Description
In this sequel to his classic Mindstorms Papert, the inventor of the programming language LOGO, explains how computers have the potential to revolutionize education.. In his classsic book, Mindstorms: Children, Computers, and powerful Ideas , Seymour Papert set out a vision of how computers could change school. In The Childrens Machine he now looks back over a decade during which American schools acquired more than three million computers and assesses progress and resistance to progress.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
index, illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 210 mm
Width: 140 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-465-01830-7 (9780465018307)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
Content
Yearners and Schoolers Personal Thinking School: Change and Resistance to Change Teachers A World for Learning An Anthology of Learning Stories Instructionism versus Constructionism Computerists Yearners and Schoolers Cybernetics What can be done?