- Title
- Children's views on making and designing
- Creator
- Hatzigianni, Maria; Stevenson, Michael; Bower, Matt; Falloon, Garry; Forbes, Anne
- Date
- 2020
- Type
- Text; Journal article
- Identifier
- http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/199265
- Identifier
- vital:19184
- Identifier
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https://doi.org/10.1080/1350293X.2020.1735747
- Identifier
- ISSN:1350-293X
- Abstract
- This paper will focus on children's views on their making and design capabilities. There is a paucity of research investigating learning in makerspaces particularly for younger children. Theoretical ideas based on constructionism (Papert), Vygotsky (socio-constructivism) and Dewey's pragmatic, inquiry based and reflective learning underpin this study. Fourteen group interviews were conducted with 34 young children (five to eight years old). Their responses were inductively and thematically analysed. Children provided rich insights into new pedagogical approaches, like makerspaces, and identified challenges with the use of the digital tools (3D App and 3D printers). Children enjoyed directing their own learning and viewed their experiences as creative. This research will advance knowledge on how makerspaces and design thinking skills can be integrated in early childhood and early primary education.
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Relation
- European early childhood education research journal Vol. 28, no. 2 (2020), p. 286-300
- Rights
- All metadata describing materials held in, or linked to, the repository is freely available under a CC0 licence
- Rights
- Copyright Routledge
- Subject
- Makerspaces; Early childhood education; Education (Early childhood); Three-dimensional printing; Kindergarten; Foreign countries; Active learning; Design; Reflective teaching; Education; Psychology; Social sciences; 3903 Education Systems; 3901 Curriculum and pedagogy
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