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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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The practice of making has been around for at least as long as Homo sapiens have had opposable thumbs. Throughout history, making has been a means not only of surviving but also of communicating, celebrating, reflecting, problem solving, influencing ideas, and inventing new ways of engaging with the world. Many programs in schools reflect this multiplicity of purposes: from vocational schools that prepare the next generation of carpenters and auto mechanics to arts education programs that encourage self-expression through the visual, performing, literary, and media arts, the K–12 curriculum has been endorsing hands-on and project-based learning for decades. And though many arts, design, and shop class programming in schools continue ...

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