The Children's Machine: Rethinking School In The Age Of The Computer QUOTES

1 " Generally in life, knowledge is acquired to be used. But school learning more often fits Freire's apt metaphor: knowledge is treated like money, to be put away in a bank for the future. "

― Seymour Papert , The Children's Machine: Rethinking School In The Age Of The Computer

3 " In a classical joke a child stays behind after school to ask a personal question. "Teacher, what did I learn today? " The surprised teacher asks, "Why do you ask that?" and the child replies, "Daddy always asks me and I never know what to say". "

― Seymour Papert , The Children's Machine: Rethinking School In The Age Of The Computer