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Seymour Aubrey Papert (/ ˈ p æ p ər t /; 29 February 1928 – 31 July 2016) was a South African-born American mathematician, computer scientist, and educator, who spent most of his career teaching and researching at MIT. He was one of the pioneers of artificial intelligence, and of the constructionist movement in education.
- United States
- Frank Smithies
- July 31, 2016 (aged 88), Blue Hill, Maine, U.S.
May 8, 2024 · Died: July 31, 2016, Blue Hill, Maine, U.S. (aged 88) Seymour Papert (born February 29, 1928, Pretoria, South Africa—died July 31, 2016, Blue Hill, Maine, U.S.) was a South African-born mathematician and computer scientist who was best known for his contributions to the understanding of children’s learning processes and to the ways in which ...
- Nicole Ellison
Aug 1, 2016 · Seymour Papert was a world-renowned mathematician, learning theorist, and educational-technology visionary who invented Logo, the first programming language for children. He also co-founded the MIT Media Lab and collaborated with the LEGO company to create robotics kits for children's learning.
Seymour Papert. Works by Papert. People laughed at Seymour Papert in the 1960s, more than half a century ago, when he vividly talked about children using computers as instruments for learning and for enhancing creativity, innovation, and "concretizing" computational thinking.
Sep 14, 2016 · Seymour Papert (1928–2016) Gary S. Stager. Nature 537 , 308 ( 2016) Cite this article. 27k Accesses. 14 Citations. 93 Altmetric. Metrics. Father of educational computing. In the mid-1960s, when...
- Gary S. Stager
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- 2016
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Aug 2, 2016 · Seymour Papert, a visionary educator and mathematician who well before the advent of the personal computer foresaw children using computers as instruments for learning and enhancing creativity,...
Aug 3, 2016 · Jack Schofield. Wed 3 Aug 2016 13.08 EDT. Seymour Papert, who has died aged 88, had a profound impact on education, and pioneered the use of computers as an aid to learning. Papert’s visionary...
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