Harvard Educational Review· 2014
The Maker Movement in Education
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Short summary
The maker movement, rooted in DIY culture, is emerging as a pedagogical approach in education, challenging traditional teaching methods by emphasizing hands-on creation and exploration.
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Key points
- The maker movement draws from DIY culture and is increasingly integrated into educational settings.
- It connects to existing research in both formal and informal education.
- Tensions exist between maker-centric learning and traditional educational structures.
- The essay examines the true novelty of the maker movement and its potential impact on pedagogy.
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Abstract
In this essay, Erica Halverson and Kimberly Sheridan provide the context for research on the maker movement as they consider the emerging role of making in education. The authors describe the theoretical roots of the movement and draw connections to related research on formal and informal education. They present points of tension between making and formal education practices as they come into contact with one another, exploring whether the newness attributed to the maker movement is really all that new and reflecting on its potential pedagogical impacts on teaching and learning.
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