Unlock the full potential of your educational practice with 'Maker-Centered Learning.' This essential guide, authored by the expert team from Harvard's Project Zero, offers educators, curriculum developers, librarians, and parents a comprehensive framework for integrating maker-centered teaching in diverse educational settings. Emphasizing the importance of maker empowerment and design sensitivity, this 256-page book dives deep into theoretical foundations and practical applications. Discover evidence-based insights on the benefits of maker-centered learning, designed to engage students and foster critical thinking skills. Packed with valuable resources, the guide helps educators apply innovative approaches in their classrooms or maker spaces. Explore unique thinking routines that nurture essential maker capacities such as looking closely, navigating complexity, and seizing opportunity. As the demand for adaptable learning solutions grows, this book serves as your roadmap to implementing effective maker-centered practices. Note: Shipping for this item is free. Please allow up to 6 weeks for delivery. Once your order is placed, it cannot be cancelled. Condition: BRAND NEW. ISBN: 9781119259701. Year: 2016. Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc (US).

Note: Shipping for this item is free. Please allow up to 6 weeks for delivery. Once your order is placed, it cannot be cancelled.

Condition: BRAND NEW
ISBN: 9781119259701
Year: 2016
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc (US)
Pages: 256


Description:
The Agency by Design guide to implementing maker-centered teaching and learning


Maker-Centered Learning provides 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 by Design initiative at Harvard's Project Zero, this book


Identifies a set of educational practices and ideas that define maker-centered learning, and introduces the focal concepts of maker empowerment and sensitivity to design.

Shares cutting edge research that provides evidence of the benefits of maker-centered learning for students and education as a whole.

Presents a clear Project Zero-based framework for maker-centered teaching and learning

Includes valuable educator resources that can be applied in a variety of design and maker-centered learning environments

Describes unique thinking routines that foster the primary maker capacities of looking closely, exploring complexity, and finding opportunity.



A 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. Maker-Centered Learning provides insight into what that means, and offers tools and knowledge that can be applied anywhere that learning takes place.