Paulo Blikstein is Associate Professor at Teachers College and Affiliate Associate Professor of Computer Science at Columbia University and a Visiting Professor at the Instituto Tecnol gico de Monterrey (Mexico). He is a recipient of the National Science Foundation Early Career Award and the AERA Jan Hawkins Early Career Award. Deborah A. Fields is Research Professor of Instructional Technology and Learning Sciences at Utah State University. She is the coauthor of Connected Play (MIT Press).
ENDORSEMENTS “This book provides an important expansion of Seymour Papert’s original ideas beyond their Western origins. It demonstrates how constructionism in Thailand has evolved through local culture, social relationships, and lived practices, offering valuable insights into how constructionist learning unfolds in non-Western contexts.” — Sawaros Thanapornsangsuth, Director of the Social Innovation Lab at Chulalongkorn School of Integrated Innovation, Bangkok “At a time when technological and political disruptions are threatening to limit people’s agency, The Society that Learns presents a hopeful picture of what's possible when human agency is encouraged and supported at all levels of a society.” — Mitchel Resnick, Professor of Learning Research, MIT Media Lab; author of Lifelong Kindergarten