TY - JOUR
T1 - Makerspace in STEM for girls
T2 - a physical space to develop twenty-first-century skills
AU - Sheffield, Rachel
AU - Koul, Rekha
AU - Blackley, Susan
AU - Maynard, Nicoleta
PY - 2017
Y1 - 2017
N2 - Makerspace has been lauded as a new way forward to create communities, empower students and bring together enthusiasts of all ages and skill levels “to tinker” and create. Makerspace education has been touted as having the potential to empower young people to become agents of change in their communities. This paper examines how a Makerspace approach can capture the imagination and creativity of female primary school students, and engage them in integrated STEM-based projects. The study scaffolded female tertiary undergraduate students to mentor small groups of girls to complete a project in a STEM Makerspace situated in classrooms. The data generated and analysed from this study were used to determine how Makerspace STEM-based projects were enacted, how they engaged and supported the girls’ learning, and considers the future of a Makerspace approach as a way to progress integrated STEM education.
AB - Makerspace has been lauded as a new way forward to create communities, empower students and bring together enthusiasts of all ages and skill levels “to tinker” and create. Makerspace education has been touted as having the potential to empower young people to become agents of change in their communities. This paper examines how a Makerspace approach can capture the imagination and creativity of female primary school students, and engage them in integrated STEM-based projects. The study scaffolded female tertiary undergraduate students to mentor small groups of girls to complete a project in a STEM Makerspace situated in classrooms. The data generated and analysed from this study were used to determine how Makerspace STEM-based projects were enacted, how they engaged and supported the girls’ learning, and considers the future of a Makerspace approach as a way to progress integrated STEM education.
KW - Makerspace
KW - pre-service teachers
KW - STEM
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85028530924&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/09523987.2017.1362812
DO - 10.1080/09523987.2017.1362812
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85028530924
VL - 54
SP - 148
EP - 164
JO - Education Media International
JF - Education Media International
SN - 1469-5790
IS - 2
ER -