Gordon Pask
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| Born | 28 June 1928 Derby |
| Died | 29 March 1996 (aged 67) London |
| Nationality | United Kingdom |
| Fields |
Cybernetics Psychology |
| Institutions |
Brunel University University of Illinois at Chicago University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Concordia University Georgia Institute of Technology |
| Alma mater |
University of Cambridge University of London Open University |
| Known for | Conversation theory |
| Influences | Norbert Wiener |
| Influenced | Ted Nelson, Nicholas Negroponte |
| Notable awards | Wiener Gold Medal (1984) |
Andrew Gordon Speedie Pask (28 June 1928 – 29 March 1996) was an English author, inventor, educational theorist, cybernetician and psychologist who made significant contributions to cybernetics, instructional psychology, experimental epistemology and educational technology. Pask first learned about Cybernetics in early 1950s when the originator of the topic, Norbert Wiener was speaking at Cambridge University where Pask was an undergraduate student, and was asked to support Wiener during his talk.
Holding three doctorate degrees, Pask published more than 250 journal articles, books, patents and technical reports from funding from United States Armed Forces, the British Ministry of Defense, the British Home Office and the British Road Research Laboratory. He taught at the University of Illinois, Old Dominion University, Concordia University, Open University, University of New Mexico, Architectural Association School of Architecture and MIT.
Pask was born in Derby, England in 1928, and educated at Rydal Penrhos. Before qualifying precociously as a Mining Engineer at Liverpool Polytechnic, now Liverpool John Moores University, Pask studied geology at Bangor University. He obtained an MA in Natural Sciences from Cambridge in 1952 and a PhD in Psychology from the University of London in 1964. Whilst Visiting Professor of Educational Technology he obtained the first DSc from the Open University and an ScD from his College, Downing Cambridge in 1995. From the sixties Pask directed commercial research at System Research Ltd in Richmond, Surrey and his partnership, Pask Associates.
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