My basic idea is that programming is the most powerful medium of developing the sophisticated and rigorous thinking needed for mathematics, for grammar, for physics, for statistics, for all the "hard" subjects.... In short, I believe more than ever that programming should be a key part of the intellectual development of people growing up.
Seymour PapertYou 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.
Seymour PapertOur goal in education should be to foster the ability to use the computer in everything you do, even if you don't have a specific piece of software for the job.
Seymour PapertThe role of the teacher is to create the conditions for invention rather than provide ready-made knowledge.
Seymour PapertThe first thing to note is that pornography and many abductions occur apart from the use of computers, and that most child abuse happens within the family. So I think the extra degree of danger that computers pose doesn't justify the frenzy.
Seymour PapertI do think that we'd do better if we just offered all the bureaucrats in the Department of Education very attractive early retirements. But whether you want to abolish the department is another matter. Maybe there's room for recruiting a lot of visionary people who would do very good things: develop new techniques, new ideas, foster innovative models, disseminate those ideas.
Seymour Papert