Seymour Papert has new ideas of how education should be presented to children. Starting from elementary school, he believes that children should not be taught things like fractions, Latin, etc... that are not useful in everyday life. Instead he believes that subjects like mathematics should be presented in a more practical way. For instance, teaching a first grader engineering which will result in the child learning mathematics. See the website http://www.abc.net.au/sundayprofile/stories/s1144341.htm for a great interview with Seymour Papert.
Currently Seymour Papert is recuperating from being struck by a motorbike in December 2006. He was 78 years old when he was in the accident and was seriously injured.
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