Turtles, Tablets, and Boxes: Computer Technology and Education in the 1970s.

One of the most powerful ideas behind the potential of computer technology is that it could revolutionize education. To understand this idea historically, this article brings together computer science researchers with theories of education and childhood development. These researchers—Seymour Papert...

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Published in:Information & Culture Vol. 58; no. 3; pp. 274 - 295
Main Author: Petrick, Elizabeth
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Published: University of Texas Press 2023
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