Seymour Papert and Us. Constructionism as the Educational Philosophy of the 21st Century
Seymour Papert — a major philosopher of education, a great educator of modern age, and the father of constructionism — passed away in summer 2016. The floor and screen turtles he added to the Logo programming language provided visualization and objectification of the processes, as well as concisenes...
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
National Research University Higher School of Economics (HSE)
2017-03-01
|
| Series: | Вопросы образования |
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | https://vo.hse.ru/article/view/15746 |
| _version_ | 1811166540702154752 |
|---|---|
| author | Alexei Semenov |
| author_facet | Alexei Semenov |
| author_sort | Alexei Semenov |
| collection | DOAJ |
| description | Seymour Papert — a major philosopher of education, a great educator of modern age, and the father of constructionism — passed away in summer 2016. The floor and screen turtles he added to the Logo programming language provided visualization and objectification of the processes, as well as conciseness of programming. As a result, Logo developed into a unique environment that millions of children in dozens of countries use to learn algorithmic (or computational) thinking. Professor Seymour Papert visited the Soviet Union and Russia a number of times. He played a key role in the establishment of the post-Soviet school’s educational philosophy. The article describes a number of crucial ideas and events associated with the development of Papert’s education philosophy, the implementation of his educational conception in Russia, his visits to Russia, and his meetings with Russian educators, which were first of all attended by the author. |
| first_indexed | 2024-04-10T15:54:07Z |
| format | Article |
| id | doaj.art-b77fce58a95a4735af7a7d6e7a0d97a6 |
| institution | Directory Open Access Journal |
| issn | 1814-9545 2412-4354 |
| language | English |
| last_indexed | 2024-04-10T15:54:07Z |
| publishDate | 2017-03-01 |
| publisher | National Research University Higher School of Economics (HSE) |
| record_format | Article |
| series | Вопросы образования |
| spelling | doaj.art-b77fce58a95a4735af7a7d6e7a0d97a62023-02-10T15:53:27ZengNational Research University Higher School of Economics (HSE)Вопросы образования1814-95452412-43542017-03-01126929410.17323/1814-9545-2017-1-269-29415746Seymour Papert and Us. Constructionism as the Educational Philosophy of the 21st CenturyAlexei Semenov0Lomonosov Moscow State University; Institute of Educational Informatics, Informatics and Management Federal Research Center, Russian Academy of SciencesSeymour Papert — a major philosopher of education, a great educator of modern age, and the father of constructionism — passed away in summer 2016. The floor and screen turtles he added to the Logo programming language provided visualization and objectification of the processes, as well as conciseness of programming. As a result, Logo developed into a unique environment that millions of children in dozens of countries use to learn algorithmic (or computational) thinking. Professor Seymour Papert visited the Soviet Union and Russia a number of times. He played a key role in the establishment of the post-Soviet school’s educational philosophy. The article describes a number of crucial ideas and events associated with the development of Papert’s education philosophy, the implementation of his educational conception in Russia, his visits to Russia, and his meetings with Russian educators, which were first of all attended by the author.https://vo.hse.ru/article/view/15746philosophy of educationconstructionismmatheticslogointernational cooperation in education. |
| spellingShingle | Alexei Semenov Seymour Papert and Us. Constructionism as the Educational Philosophy of the 21st Century Вопросы образования philosophy of education constructionism mathetics logo international cooperation in education. |
| title | Seymour Papert and Us. Constructionism as the Educational Philosophy of the 21st Century |
| title_full | Seymour Papert and Us. Constructionism as the Educational Philosophy of the 21st Century |
| title_fullStr | Seymour Papert and Us. Constructionism as the Educational Philosophy of the 21st Century |
| title_full_unstemmed | Seymour Papert and Us. Constructionism as the Educational Philosophy of the 21st Century |
| title_short | Seymour Papert and Us. Constructionism as the Educational Philosophy of the 21st Century |
| title_sort | seymour papert and us constructionism as the educational philosophy of the 21st century |
| topic | philosophy of education constructionism mathetics logo international cooperation in education. |
| url | https://vo.hse.ru/article/view/15746 |
| work_keys_str_mv | AT alexeisemenov seymourpapertandusconstructionismastheeducationalphilosophyofthe21stcentury |