The Maker Movement in Education
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- 1 December 2014
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Harvard Education Publishing Group in Harvard Educational Review
- Vol. 84 (4), 495-504
- https://doi.org/10.17763/haer.84.4.34j1g68140382063
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.Keywords
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