78 Quotes by Seymour Papert

One might say the computer is being used to program the child. In my vision, the child programs the computer, and in doing so, both acquires a sense of mastery over a piece of the most modern and powerful technology and establishes an intense contact with some of the deepest ideas from science, from mathematics, and from the art of intellectual model building.

The scandal of education is that every time you teach something, you deprive a [student] of the pleasure and benefit of discovery.

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

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

You can't teach people everything they need to know. The best you can do is position them where they can find what they need to know when they need to know it.

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

You can’t teach people everything they need to know. The best you can do is position them where they can find what they need to know when they need to know it.

You can’t think seriously about thinking without thinking about thinking about something.

Every maker of video games knows something that the makers of curriculum don’t seem to understand. You’ll never see a video game being advertised as being easy. Kids who do not like school will tell you it’s not because it’s too hard. It’s because it’s – boring.