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Maker-Centered Learning
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Maker-Centered Learning

by Edward P. Clapp, Jessica Ross, Jennifer O. Ryan, Shari Tishman
December 2016
Intermediate to advanced
256 pages
6h 14m
English
Jossey-Bass
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Thinking and Learning in the Maker-Centered Classroom

An online course exploring the potential of maker-centered learning from the perspective of the Agency by Design research initiative at Project Zero

Offered jointly by Project Zero and the Programs in Professional Education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education

Over the past decade, maker-centered classrooms and maker-centered learning have become increasingly popular. Young people (and teachers and parents alike) have greater opportunities than ever before to build, hack, redesign, and tinker with a variety of materials in school- or community-based spaces, design thinking and engineering programs, and at Maker Faires.

Maker-centered learning not only offers opportunities to learn ...

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