Seymour Papert

“If you can make a computer do something, you understand it.”

“A programming language is a medium of expression.”

“A computer is not a thing, it is an environment.”

“The computer is the Proteus of machines. Its essence is its universality, its power to simulate.”

“The constructionist approach to learning is not about 'hands-on' learning. It's about 'minds-on' learning.”

“What the gears cannot do the computer might. The computer is the key.”

“Programming is a powerful tool for thinking about thinking.”

“You can't think about thinking without thinking about thinking about something.”

“Our model of 'a child's learning' is rooted in our experience of school.”

“The idea of 'learning to learn' is a slogan of modern education. It is not a new idea. But it has new meaning in the context of the computer.”

“The most important learning is learning to learn.”

“The role of the teacher is to create the conditions for invention rather than provide ready-made knowledge.”

“To be a mathematician is to experience a certain kind of beauty.”

“The question 'What is good for a child?' is not a question for science to answer.”

“Children have a way of learning that is very different from the way we teach.”

“The goal is to teach in such a way as to produce the most learning from the least teaching.”

“The scandal of education is that every time you teach something, you deprive a child of the pleasure and benefit of discovery.”

“The best way to learn is to learn as we learn to walk, by stumbling and falling.”

“I am convinced that the best learning takes place when the learner takes charge.”