{"product_id":"maker-centered-learning-isbn-9781119259701","title":"Maker-Centered Learning","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe Agency by Design guide to implementing maker-centered teaching and learning\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMaker-Centered Learning \u003c\/i\u003eprovides both a theoretical framework and practical resources for the educators, curriculum developers, librarians, administrators, and parents navigating this burgeoning field. Written by the expert team from the Agency \u003ci\u003eby\u003c\/i\u003e Design initiative at Harvard's Project Zero, this book\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eIdentifies a set of educational practices and ideas that define maker-centered learning, and introduces the focal concepts of maker empowerment and sensitivity to design.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eShares cutting edge research that provides evidence of the benefits of maker-centered learning for students and education as a whole.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ePresents a clear Project Zero-based framework for maker-centered teaching and learning\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIncludes valuable educator resources that can be applied in a variety of design and maker-centered learning environments\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDescribes unique thinking routines that foster the primary maker capacities of looking closely, exploring complexity, and finding opportunity.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eA surge of voices from government, industry, and education have argued that, in order to equip the next generation for life and work in the decades ahead, it is vital to support maker-centered learning in various educational environments. \u003ci\u003eMaker-Centered Learning\u003c\/i\u003e provides insight into what that means, and offers tools and knowledge that can be applied anywhere that learning takes place.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments ix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eList of Tables and Figures xiii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eForeword xix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat is a Maker? And What is Maker-Centered Learning? 4\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Road Map to the Journey Ahead 8\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1 Exploring the Benefits of Maker-Centered Learning 15\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLearning from Maker Educators and Thought Leaders 17\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIdentifying the Real Benefits of Maker-Centered Learning 18\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUnderstanding the Primary Outcomes of Maker-Centered Learning: Developing Agency and Building Character 19\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUnderstanding the Secondary Outcomes of Maker-Centered Learning: Cultivating Discipline-Specific and Maker-Specific Knowledge and Skills 35\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRecapping the Real Benefits of Maker-Centered Learning 39\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2 Teaching and Learning in the Maker-Centered Classroom 43\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMaker-Centered Roots and Connections 45\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWho (and What) Are the Teachers in the Maker-Centered Classroom? 51\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStudents as Teachers 51\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTeachers in the Community 55\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOnline Knowledge Sourcing 56\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTools and Materials as Teachers 57\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat Does Teaching Look Like in the Maker-Centered Classroom? 59\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFacilitating Student Collaboration 60\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEncouraging Co-inspiration and Co-critique 63\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRedirecting Authority and the Ethics of Knowledge Sharing 70\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat Does Learning Look Like in the Maker-Centered Classroom? 73\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFiguring It Out 74\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat Does the Maker-Centered Classroom Look Like? 77\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTools and Materials 78\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStorage and Visibility 80\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSpecific and Flexible Spaces 83\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3 Developing a Sense of Maker Empowerment 85\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat Is Agency? 89\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChoice, Intention, and Action 89\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eScope: Agency and the Complex Web of Interrelated Actions 91\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLocus: Participating in Agentic Action 94\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAgency and Maker Empowerment 98\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEmpowerment and Social Justice 101\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEmpowerment in Education 103\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e4 Developing a Sensitivity to Design 109\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDeveloping a Sensitivity to Design in a Consumer-Driven World 111\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Hidden Mechanics of Stuff 112\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLiving in the Throes of a Throwaway Culture 114\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat Is a Sensitivity to Design? 116\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHow Are Students Sensitive (or Not) to Design? 120\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSeeing the Designed World as Malleable 122\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e5 Maker-Centered Teaching and Learning in Action 127\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Framework for Maker Empowerment 128\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLooking Closely 130\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExploring Complexity 133\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFinding Opportunity 136\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTools and Techniques for Supporting Maker-Centered Thinking and Learning 141\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDispositional Development and Thinking Routines 142\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDeveloping Thinking Routines to Support a Sensitivity to Design 142\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion 155\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMaker-Centered Learning: Challenges and Puzzles 157\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConsidering the Ethical Dimensions of Maker-Centered Learning 158\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEquity and Access in the Maker-Centered Classroom 159\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSupporting and Sustaining Maker-Centered Practice 162\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLooking Ahead: The Future of Maker-Centered Learning 163\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eImagine If. 166\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAfterword 169\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix A: Overview of Interview Participants 173\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix B: Thinking Routines 175\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes 185\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 195\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 203\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAbout the Authors 223\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEDWARD P. CLAPP, Ed.D.,\u003c\/b\u003e is Co-Director of Agency \u003ci\u003eby\u003c\/i\u003e Design and a Research Associate and Lecturer on Education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJESSICA ROSS\u003c\/b\u003e is a Senior Research Specialist at Project Zero and current Project Manager of Agency \u003ci\u003eby\u003c\/i\u003e Design. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJENNIFER O. RYAN\u003c\/b\u003e is Project Manager of the Pedagogy of Play project, and former Project Manager of Agency \u003ci\u003eby\u003c\/i\u003e Design. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSHARI TISHMAN, Ed.D.,\u003c\/b\u003e is Co-Director of Agency \u003ci\u003eby\u003c\/i\u003e Design and a Senior Research Associate and Lecturer on Education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education.   \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Essential Guide for Implementing Maker-Centered Teaching and Learning\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eThe world doesn't need more graduates with good grades: What the world needs is voracious, self-directed learners with the creative capacity to see the problems of the world as puzzles, and the tenacity to work on them, even in the face of adversity.\u003c\/i\u003e\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e—Gever Tulley,\u003c\/b\u003e founder of the Brightworks School in San Francisco, California \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMaker-Centered Learning\u003c\/i\u003e offers educators and administrators a theoretical framework and a hands-on guide for navigating the burgeoning field of marker-centered teaching and learning. Written by a team of experts from the Agency \u003ci\u003eby\u003c\/i\u003e Design initiative at Harvard Graduate School of Education's Project Zero, this important resource identifies the core educational practices and ideas that define maker-centered learning, and introduces the essential concepts of maker empowerment and sensitivity to design. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe text explores the key characteristics of the educational environments and instructional designs under which maker-centered learning thrives, and describes unique thinking routines that foster the primary maker capacities of looking closely, exploring complexity, and finding opportunity. In addition, the authors identify the kinds of educational interventions that can support thoughtful reflection around maker-centered learning and the made dimensions of our world. 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