Epistemological Pluralism: Styles and Voices within the Computer Culture.

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Title: Epistemological Pluralism: Styles and Voices within the Computer Culture.
Language: English
Authors: Papert, Seymour, Turkle, Sherry
Source: Humanistic Mathematics Network Journal. Apr 1992 (7):48-68.
Peer Reviewed: N
Page Count: 21
Publication Date: 1992
Document Type: Journal Articles
Reports - Research
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Computer Uses in Education, Educational Technology, Elementary Secondary Education, Mathematics Education, Sex Differences
ISSN: 1065-8297
Abstract: Describes a study in which the computer has emerged as an important factor in revolution of concrete--privileged medium for the growth of alternative voices in addressing the world of formal systems. Focuses on a concrete way of knowing and concludes that recent technological developments in interfaces, programming philosophy, and artificial intelligence have created an opening for epistemological pluralism. (ASK)
Journal Code: CIJJUL1999
Entry Date: 1999
Accession Number: EJ576280
Database: ERIC
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Abstract:Describes a study in which the computer has emerged as an important factor in revolution of concrete--privileged medium for the growth of alternative voices in addressing the world of formal systems. Focuses on a concrete way of knowing and concludes that recent technological developments in interfaces, programming philosophy, and artificial intelligence have created an opening for epistemological pluralism. (ASK)
ISSN:1065-8297