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The children's machine : rethinking school in the age of the computer

In a follow-up to Mindstorms (selling over 135,000 copies in paperback), the pioneering scientist who created the programming language Logo used in hundreds of schools nationwide now discusses why the computer revolution has failed to revolutionize eduction. "Bold and adventurous".--New York Times.
Print Book, English, [2000]
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BasicBooks, New York, [2000]
xii, 242 Seiten Illustrationen 22 cm
9780465010639, 9780465018307, 0465010636, 0465018300
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Prefacevii
Acknowledgmentsxi
Yearners and Schoolers
1(21)
Personal Thinking
22(13)
School: Change and Resistance to Change
35(22)
Teachers
57(25)
A Word for Learning
82(24)
An Anthology of Learning Stories
106(31)
Instructionism versus Constructionism
137(20)
Computerists
157(22)
Cybernetics
179(26)
What Can Be Done?
205(22)
Sources of Information227(2)
Bibliography229(3)
Index232