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ERIC Number: EJ1196036
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2017
Pages: 8
Abstractor: ERIC
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ISSN: ISSN-0004-3125
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Meaningful Makers: Stuff, Sharing, and Connection in STEAM Curriculum
Patton, Ryan M.; Knochel, Aaron D.
Art Education, v70 n1 p36-43 2017
In March 2013, Art Education editor Robert Sweeny (2013) published an editorial titled "Ten Ways of MAKING" focused on capturing the mounting zeitgeist of the concept of making. The maker movement encourages informal teaching and learning of practical technical skills related to electronics, metal- and woodworking, and traditional arts and crafts. Edward Clapp, and Rachel Jimenez, part of Harvard's Project Zero initiative, called Agency by Design, remarked that it would be prudent for the field of art education to reimagine itself in relation to the maker movement to begin an authentic dialogue with this burgeoning field that is capturing the attention of educators, parents, and policy makers, something the arts have been trying to do for decades. Clapp and Jimenez's maker-centered argument is supported by educational data showing that the massive reduction of arts learning has affected schools, particularly in poorer communities. The purpose of this article is to spotlight the emerging influence of the maker movement on arts pedagogy and in particular its connections to initiatives in science, technology, engineering, art, and math (STEAM) education. The article supports the excitement around STEAM and the maker movement, seeing them as important touchstones for rethinking how art education might further incorporate technology into the art curriculum.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
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Language: English
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