Designing Maker Initiatives for Educational Inclusion

Autor/inn/en	Leonard, Simon N.; Repetto, Manuela; Kennedy, JohnPaul; Tudini, Enza; Fowler, Samuel
Titel	Designing Maker Initiatives for Educational Inclusion
Quelle	In: International Journal of Technology and Design Education, 33 (2023) 3, S.883-899 (17 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Leonard, Simon N.) ORCID (Repetto, Manuela) ORCID (Kennedy, JohnPaul) ORCID (Tudini, Enza) ORCID (Fowler, Samuel)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0957 7572
DOI	10.1007/s10798-022-09754-1
Schlagwörter	Shared Resources and Services; STEM Education; Inclusion; Equal Education; Secondary School Students; Grade 7; Student Attitudes; Economically Disadvantaged; Self Efficacy; Foreign Countries; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Gemeinwirtschaft; STEM; Inklusion; Sekundarschüler; School year 07; 7. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 07; Schülerverhalten; Self-efficacy; Selbstwirksamkeit; Ausland; Australien
Abstract	The "Maker" movement is a cultural as well as educational phenomenon that has the potential to offer significant opportunities to students in conditions of social, economic and cultural disadvantage. The research reported in this paper, however, suggests that the simple provision of "Maker Spaces" for such activity is simplistic and not sufficient to realise this potential. The research involved a mixed methods study of a cohort of year 7 students (n = 26) in an Australian school located in a socio-economically disadvantaged outer-metropolitan region. The cohort undertook a range of Maker activities at a new "creativity centre" built at the school. Results indicate that the activities had positive impact on student attitudes towards science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) overall, but that the impact was highly specific across attitudinal constructs. A strong ranging effect was also evident, suggesting that the impact of the experience was highly dependent on students' initial attitudes. Reflecting on these results, the paper also offers a reference framework that may help keep equity in mind when designing different kinds of Maker experience. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01