{"product_id":"maker-centered-learning-empowering-young-people-to-shape-their-worlds-paperback","title":"Maker-Centered Learning: Empowering Young People to Shape Their Worlds - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eEdward P. Clapp\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJessica Ross\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJennifer O. Ryan\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Agency by Design guide to implementing maker-centered teaching and learning\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMaker-Centered Learning \u003c\/i\u003eprovides 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 \u003ci\u003eby\u003c\/i\u003e Design initiative at Harvard's Project Zero, this book\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eIdentifies a set of educational practices and ideas that define maker-centered learning, and introduces the focal concepts of maker empowerment and sensitivity to design.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eShares cutting edge research that provides evidence of the benefits of maker-centered learning for students and education as a whole.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ePresents a clear Project Zero-based framework for maker-centered teaching and learning\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIncludes valuable educator resources that can be applied in a variety of design and maker-centered learning environments\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDescribes unique thinking routines that foster the primary maker capacities of looking closely, exploring complexity, and finding opportunity.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eA 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. \u003ci\u003eMaker-Centered Learning\u003c\/i\u003e provides insight into what that means, and offers tools and knowledge that can be applied anywhere that learning takes place.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Essential Guide for Implementing Maker-Centered Teaching and Learning\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eThe world doesn't need more graduates with good grades: What the world needs is voracious, self-directed learners with the creative capacity to see the problems of the world as puzzles, and the tenacity to work on them, even in the face of adversity.\u003c\/i\u003e\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e--Gever Tulley, \u003c\/b\u003e founder of the Brightworks School in San Francisco, California \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMaker-Centered Learning\u003c\/i\u003e offers educators and administrators a theoretical framework and a hands-on guide for navigating the burgeoning field of marker-centered teaching and learning. Written by a team of experts from the Agency \u003ci\u003eby\u003c\/i\u003e Design initiative at Harvard Graduate School of Education's Project Zero, this important resource identifies the core educational practices and ideas that define maker-centered learning, and introduces the essential concepts of maker empowerment and sensitivity to design. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe text explores the key characteristics of the educational environments and instructional designs under which maker-centered learning thrives, and describes unique thinking routines that foster the primary maker capacities of looking closely, exploring complexity, and finding opportunity. In addition, the authors identify the kinds of educational interventions that can support thoughtful reflection around maker-centered learning and the made dimensions of our world. Designed to be flexible, the framework for maker-centered learning presented by the Agency \u003ci\u003eby\u003c\/i\u003e Design team can be applied in a variety of environments. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf we are to equip the next generation for life and work in the decades ahead, it is vital to support maker-centered learning. \u003ci\u003eMaker-Centered Learning\u003c\/i\u003e provides insight into what it means to be truly educated, and offers tools and knowledge that can be applied anywhere learning takes place.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEDWARD P. CLAPP, Ed.D., \u003c\/b\u003e is Co-Director of Agency \u003ci\u003eby\u003c\/i\u003e Design and a Research Associate and Lecturer on Education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJESSICA ROSS\u003c\/b\u003e is a Senior Research Specialist at Project Zero and current Project Manager of Agency \u003ci\u003eby\u003c\/i\u003e Design. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJENNIFER O. 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