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Scope and Contents
The collection contains Papert's correspondence, research proposals, writings, and conference materials as well as books and videotapes.
It includes information about the Logo computer program and its use in education. There is also biographical information about Papert and his professional career.
Seymour papert biography templates free Pretoria , Union of South Africa. As part of his work with technology, Papert has been a proponent of the Knowledge Machine. Many factors made the move attractive. One wonders how many of us have shared that heady experience with Papert when computers are new, computers are an unknown quantity?Materials in the collection date from approximately to
Dates
- Creation: circa
Creator
Access note
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Seymour papert biography templates printable Rafael Reif. Wikiquote has quotations related to Seymour Papert. He is not as might have appeared from Mindstorms anti-teacher rather he is anti the prevailing school culture which constrains children, physically and epistemologically, in the pathway of its own liking. We will have to do with the banal, flat and constrained learning by doing - especially physically making.Additionally, audiovisual and digital media in this collection require reformatting before access can be granted.
Conditions Governing Use
Access to collections in the Department of Distinctive Collections is not authorization to publish. Please see the MIT Libraries Permissions Policy for permission information.
of some items in this collection may be held by respective creators, not by the donor of the collection or MIT.
Biographical Note
from MIT Media Lab web site: ~papert/
Dr. Seymour Papert is a mathemetician and one of the early pioneers of Artificial Intelligence.
Additionally, he is internationally recognized as the seminal thinker about ways in which computers can change learning. Born and educated in South Africa where he participated actively in the anti-apartheid movement, Dr. Papert pursued mathematical research at Cambridge University from He then worked with Jean Piaget at the University of Geneva from It was this collaboration that led him to consider using mathematics in the service of understanding how children can learn and think.
In the early 's, Papert came to MIT where, with Marvin Minsky, he founded the Artificial Intelligence Laboratory and co-authored their seminal work, Perceptrons ().
Extent
Cubic Feet (64 record cartons, 1 manuscript box)
Language of Materials
English
Additional Description
Abstract
This collection, the Seymour Papert Archives, contains Papert's correspondence, research proposals, writings, and conference materials as well as books and videotapes.
It includes information about the Logo computer program and its use in education. There is also biographical information about Seymour Papert and his professional career.
Physical Location
Materials are stored off-site.
Seymour papert The artificial intelligentsia and perceptron sagas Following the four years in Geneva, I became a professor of mathematics at MIT. Papert pursued mathematical research at Cambridge University from Papert, p 4 The growing influence, within the constructionist movement in education of Microworlds, StarLogo, Lego robots and magic bricks, a decade on, strengthen that assessment of Piaget's worth. The repercussions of their book were immediate and dramatic.Advance notice is required for use.
Appraisal
Approximately six linear feet of transactional materials that were found in the repository in were destroyed.
Processing Information note
This collection has a box level transfer list, but that list does not contain detailed information, and there is not yet an order established.
It is likely information will change significantly when material is processed. Kari Smith reviewed, performed basic folder control, and created a box level listing for boxes 46 through 51, which was completed on June 29,
Allison Schmitt inventoried boxes 35, , 48, 50, 57, and 63 in May A listing of open folders in these boxes is available to staff in the collection digital control file.
This collection contains digital media and cassette tapes, which need reformatting prior to use.
Screening
The following boxes have been screened: Box 14 (CT, 3/29/, no restrictions) Box 15 (CT, 3/28/) Box 16 (CT, 3/29/, folder level only) Box 17 (CT, 8/11/) Box 18 - screened by GS 3/27/ Box 39 (CT, 3/28/)
Finding Aid & Administrative Information
- Title
- Preliminary Inventory of the Personal Archives of Seymour Papert
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Revision Statements
- November Edited by Lana Mason for compliance with DACS single-level optimum requirements.
- February: Edited by Rachel Van Unen to incorporate Barbara Hof's inventory of undescribed boxes
- June Revised by processing archivist Chris Tanguay to correct access note and provide information about additional collection inventories.
Cite Item
Seymour Papert personal archives, MC, box X.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Distinctive Collections, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Cite Item Description
Seymour Papert personal archives, MC, box X. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Distinctive Collections, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Accessed January 19,