Seymour Papert

Seymour Papert in 2006

Seymour Aubrey Papert (29 February 1928, Pretoria, Union of South Africa – 31 July 2016, Maine, U.S.) was a groundbreaking mathematician, computer scientist, and educator.[1] He spent his career at MIT. He was an early leader in the field of artificial intelligence.[2] He is one of the founders of the constructivist movement in education. With Cynthia Solomon and Wally Feurzeig he invented the Logo Programing Language. He was co-director of the MIT Artificial Intelligence Lab with Marvin Minsky. He advocated for computers in education as a tool for constructivist education. His work influenced many 21st-century thinkers in American education.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Langer, Emily (4 Aug 2016). "Seymour Papert, MIT professor who connected children with computers, dies at 88: The MIT scholar championed the PC as a tool to unlock a child's enthusiasm for learning". The Washington Post.
  2. ↑ Fisher, Arthur (Jan 1994). "The end of school?". Vol. 244, no. 1. Popular Science.
  3. ↑ Sachs, Jeffrey (17 Aug 2002). "The essential ingredient". New Scientist (Vol. 175, Issue 2356). {{cite journal}}: |issue= has extra text (help)