%0 Journal Article %1 turkle90 %A Turkle, Sherry %A Papert, Seymour %D 1990 %J Signs %K Logo constructionism learning objectstothinkwith programming styles %N 1 %P 128--157 %T Epistemological Pluralism: Styles and Voices within the Computer Culture %U http://www.thinkingcurriculum.com/turklePapert.pdf %V 16 %X The prevailing image of the computer represents it as a logical machine and computer programming as a technical, mathematical activity. Both the popular and technical culture have constructed computation as the ultimate embodiment of the abstract and formal. Yet the computer’s intellectual personality has another side: our research finds diversity in the practice of computing that is denied by its social construction. When we looked closely at programmers in action we saw formal and abstract approaches; but we also saw highly successful programmers in relationships with their material that are more reminiscent of a painter than a logician. They use concrete and personal approaches to knowledge that are far from the cultural stereotypes of formal mathematics.’

@article{turkle90, abstract = {The prevailing image of the computer represents it as a logical machine and computer programming as a technical, mathematical activity. Both the popular and technical culture have constructed computation as the ultimate embodiment of the abstract and formal. Yet the computer’s intellectual personality has another side: our research finds diversity in the practice of computing that is denied by its social construction. When we looked closely at programmers in action we saw formal and abstract approaches; but we also saw highly successful programmers in relationships with their material that are more reminiscent of a painter than a logician. They use concrete and personal approaches to knowledge that are far from the cultural stereotypes of formal mathematics.’}, added-at = {2010-10-25T19:44:40.000+0200}, author = {Turkle, Sherry and Papert, Seymour}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/23983973a485e7e271099978b8158d8fb/yish}, interhash = {13223f4cfba7d4142c40a0bfb676d2d8}, intrahash = {3983973a485e7e271099978b8158d8fb}, journal = {Signs}, keywords = {Logo constructionism learning objectstothinkwith programming styles}, note = {1st mention of 'objects to think with'}, number = 1, pages = {128--157}, timestamp = {2010-10-25T19:44:40.000+0200}, title = {Epistemological Pluralism: Styles and Voices within the Computer Culture}, url = {http://www.thinkingcurriculum.com/turklePapert.pdf}, volume = 16, year = 1990 }