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Mindstorms: Children, Computers, And Powerful Ideas

Mindstorms: Children, Computers, And Powerful Ideas
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Edition:
Revised
Author:
Seymour A Papert
Publisher:
Basic Books
Release Date:
2020
ISBN-10:
1541675126
ISBN-13:
9781541675124
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About Mindstorms: Children, Computers, And Powerful Ideas

"Computers have revolutionized the way we teach children. We have Mindstorms to thank for that. In this book, pioneering computer scientist and education Seymour Papert makes the definitive case for the educational value of computer programming. Papert argues that teaching children computational processes, like debugging, can help them learn other subjects more efficiently. He also shows that schools saturated with technology can actually improve socialization among students and between students and teachers. However, Papert is not interested in specifically preparing children for careers in computer science. Rather, he argues that computation offers a uniquely practical way of developing problem-solving and quantitative reasoning skills. Technology changes every day, but the basic ways that computers can help us learn remain. Mindstorms stands as the bible of computer literacy, a book…

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