Seymour Papert

Abstract

“We are at the beginning of what is the decade of mathematics education. I think the 1980’s are going to be a turning point in the development of mathematics education on all sorts of levels. We will see dramatic changes in what children learn; we will see subject matters that formerly seemed inaccessible or difficult even at college level learned by young children; we will see changes in where learning takes place, and in the process of learning itself. Above all, we will see integration of mathematics into the whole person, with an emphasis on aesthetics, on feelings, on emotions, and on culture in a way that has not been part of our society for a long time. The challenge to the community of mathematics educators is fantastic.