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The Learning Practices of Making: An Evolving Framework for Design

December 1, 2014 | Public Programs
This report applies a practice-based approach to learning and making in the context of a museum makerspace (The Makeshop at the Children's Museum of Pittsburgh). This perspective draws upon theories of cultural and social learning, which assert an understanding of learning as fundamentally tied to the social and cultural contexts in which it occurs and focuses on the "practices" that define learning communities. The practices identified in this report are observable and/or reportable evidence of learners' engagement in making as a learning process.

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  • Lisa Brahms
    Author
    Children's Museum of Pittsburgh
  • Peter Wardrip
    Author
    Children's Museum of Pittsburgh
  • Citation

    Resource Type: Report
    Discipline: Art, music, and theater | Education and learning science | Engineering | General STEM | Technology
    Audience: Pre-K Children (0-5) | Elementary School Children (6-10) | Middle School Children (11-13) | Museum/ISE Professionals
    Environment Type: Public Programs | Making and Tinkering Programs | Museum and Science Center Programs

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