Educational Makerspaces: Disruptive, Educative or Neither?

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aut.relation.endpage98
aut.relation.issue2en_NZ
aut.relation.journalNew Zealand Journal of Teachers' Worken_NZ
aut.relation.pages19
aut.relation.startpage80
aut.relation.volume14en_NZ
aut.researcherGilbert, Jane
dc.contributor.authorGilbert, Jen_NZ
dc.date.accessioned2018-01-14T23:16:48Z
dc.date.available2018-01-14T23:16:48Z
dc.date.copyright2017en_NZ
dc.date.issued2017en_NZ
dc.description.abstractMakerspaces are now common in schools. This idea, which originated outside education, is being advocated as a way to improve student engagement in learning and/or to foster creativity and/or innovation. It is also linked with “future-focused” education and is seen by some as a potentially disruptive force for good in education. This paper evaluates these claims. It looks at the origins of the makerspace concept and at how and why it was taken up by educationists. Via an exploration of the ideas about knowledge, learning and education assumed by its proponents, it assesses makerspace’s general educative potential and its likely contribution to the development of future-focused education. It concludes that the makerspace idea could be usefully disruptive in terms of education’s future development, but that this is unlikely without system-wide cognitive change.
dc.identifier.citationNew Zealand Journal of Teachers' Work, 14(2), 80-98.
dc.identifier.issn1176-6662en_NZ
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10292/11072
dc.publisherAUT Universityen_NZ
dc.relation.urihttps://teachworkojs.aut.ac.nz/autojs/index.php/nzjtw/article/view/249en_NZ
dc.rightsThis journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge.
dc.rights.accessrightsOpenAccessen_NZ
dc.subjectMakerspace; Future-focused education; Knowledge-Building
dc.titleEducational Makerspaces: Disruptive, Educative or Neither?en_NZ
dc.typeJournal Article
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