The personal blog of Gary S. Stager, Ph.D.
I recently located and scanned several conference papers I wrote between 1990 and 1993. The first is particularly special because it justified my first trip …
Constructing Modern Knowledge was borne of conversations between Gary Stager and Seymour Papert about the need to create a setting where educational computing and progressive education could …
I just received the tragic news that another giant of progressive education has passed. Lella Gandini did as much as anyone to popularize and demystify …
Over decades of work in schools across the globe, Spensley Street Primary School remains my favorite school. I have been privileged to spend time at …
Our publishing company, Constructing Modern Knowledge Press, is proud to announce the release of a remarkable new book, The Learner’s Apprentice: AI and the Amplification …
I love love love love love the BBC micro:bit. I adore the folks who developed it. The micro:bit makes computational making possible in ways we …
Sometimes, adding just a little bit extra to a classroom activity increases the nutritional value of the “the lesson” enormously. On the court I’ve taken …
Seymour Papert loved sharing children’s learning stories as a way of illuminating powerful ideas. His stories recounted the learning adventures of kids in classrooms, in …
Curation is a form of good teaching. Great teachers provide just the right number of deliberate materials to ensure that the student has ample supply …
I spent the past two glorious weeks in-residence at Westbourne Grammar School, outside of Melbourne, Australia. It was a pure joy having such a spectacular …
