## Mindstorms What Did Papert Argue and What Does It Mean for Learning and Education ### Mindstorms: What Did Papert Argue and What Does It Mean for Learning and Education?  #### Metadata * Author: [[Amy J. Ko]] * Full Title: Mindstorms: What Did Papert Argue and What Does It Mean for Learning and Education? * Category: #articles * URL: <https://medium.com/bits-and-behavior/mindstorms-what-did-papert-argue-and-what-does-it-mean-for-learning-and-education-c8324b58aca4> #### Highlights * Papert further argued that the very scientists and engineers who depend on Newton's formula also didn't learn it by absorbing it directly into their minds, but rather, they had to develop their own personal understanding of the formula's meaning by building upon their prior knowledge, such as their physical experiences with bicycle riding or playing billiards. You may remember sitting in a physics class doing just this, wracking you mind trying to get an intuitive sense of the math, but only having your eureka moment when you found the right non-mathematical representation of the idea that was deeply linked to something you already understood. Only then could you link you prior knowledge to Newton's formal representation. This is Papert's "construction" of knowledge in action. # Mindstorms: What Did Papert Argue and What Does It Mean for Learning and Education?  ## Metadata - Author: [[Amy J. Ko]] - Full Title: Mindstorms: What Did Papert Argue and What Does It Mean for Learning and Education? - Category: #articles - URL: https://medium.com/bits-and-behavior/mindstorms-what-did-papert-argue-and-what-does-it-mean-for-learning-and-education-c8324b58aca4 ## Highlights - Papert further argued that the very scientists and engineers who depend on Newton’s formula also didn’t learn it by absorbing it directly into their minds, but rather, they had to develop their own personal understanding of the formula’s meaning by building upon their prior knowledge, such as their physical experiences with bicycle riding or playing billiards. You may remember sitting in a physics class doing just this, wracking you mind trying to get an intuitive sense of the math, but only having your eureka moment when you found the right non-mathematical representation of the idea that was deeply linked to something you already understood. Only then could you link you prior knowledge to Newton’s formal representation. This is Papert’s “construction” of knowledge in action.