A Loosely Connected, Case-Based Exploration of Designing Systems for Nurturing Childhood Creativity
4 stars
Disclaimer: I know Mitch and many of his former students well
Mitch's group (LLK)'s work is arguably MIT's most impactful research of the last quarter century, and I don't issue that praise lightly. This book explains the bulk of that work and some of the design decisions and philosophy that underlies the different systems they have developed, most notably Scratch. I would've liked a lot more of the education research context here, as well as some data on the long term, macro effects of LLK's interventions. While there are some extremely compelling anecdotes here, I couldn't help but want something more to tie it all together
Disclaimer: I know Mitch and many of his former students well
Mitch's group (LLK)'s work is arguably MIT's most impactful research of the last quarter century, and I don't issue that praise lightly. This book explains the bulk of that work and some of the design decisions and philosophy that underlies the different systems they have developed, most notably Scratch. I would've liked a lot more of the education research context here, as well as some data on the long term, macro effects of LLK's interventions. While there are some extremely compelling anecdotes here, I couldn't help but want something more to tie it all together