The Theoretical Basis and Importance of Maker Education

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10.2991/icesem-18.2018.123How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Maker Education; Makerspace; Constructionism Theory；Situation Learning

Abstract

Maker education originating from maker movement is a deep combination of maker culture and education. Based on the innovative education, project learning, the whole person education of maker education has attracted close attention from the academic circle. The development of maker education has become an important strategic way to deepen education reform and promote quality education. This paper studies the origin of maker education, analyzes the evolutionary process from maker movement, maker culture to maker education, and summarizes the characteristics of maker education. This paper explores the theoretical basis rooted of maker education. Finally, it summarizes the importance of the development of maker education.

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© 2018, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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