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This little-known pioneering educator put coding in the classroom

  • Written by Therese Keane, Senior Lecturer in Education, Swinburne University of Technology
imageSeymour Papert lectures on LOGO, computers and education.Shen-montpellier, CC BY-SA

A man who was arguably the most influential educator of the last 50 years – though he was not widely known to the American public – died on July 31. A respected mathematician and early pioneer of artificial intelligence, Seymour Papert was 88. His career...

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