How to check the readiness of introducing making education in a secondary school?
What are the key elements of conducive environment to start/introduce maker education at secondary schools?
it can be done by making students aware that how much it will help the students in their learning. We have this in our schools. Just like you can do it by knowing about the cost and abilities of the students. Like in computer science we have done it to make different models of computers and its related accessories. like you may assign a simple project to a students to make a keyboard or CPU from raw materials etc etc
This is a great question, Aisha. I think by assessing students' readiness, you want to know the skills students have and their areas of interest, and how to level the tasks. You could use the "readiness" questionnaire or design a simple survey of 5-6 items; each has a Likert scale of 1-5 to decide on these areas. Second, as a general rule in education, pilot your project before implementing it to all students. The pilot trial will help you to learn what did work and areas that need improvement/adjustment. Third, explore what other teachers/schools do in this area. Discussing with them will give you more ideas to enrich your project. I enclose a website with many tasks related to "Maker Education". I think the site will provide you with great ideas. Good luck!
The website http://www.makereducation.com
This is a really important question. By making I am imagining a broad set of practical learning approaches - inquiry learnign, problem-based learning and project-based learning. We've found that, for both students and teachers it helps to frame making as a set of engineering habits of mind - Technical Report Learning to be an Engineer: Implications for the education s...
We've also looked at making in design and technology - Technical Report Making It: Studio teaching and its impact on teachers and learners
Sometimes it is helpful to tackle the prejudices many people have about making - Chapter Anti-manualism
Hope this helps
Bill
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