Readings for ESM 503 Maker Lab 3: School Lab

Foundations of the maker lab (weeks 1 & 2)

Papert, S. (1999, March 29). Child Psychologist Jean Piaget. Time.

Papert, S. (1991). Situating constructionism. In I. Harel & S. Papert (Eds.), Constructionism (pp. 1–10). Praeger.

Papert, S. (1980). The Gears of My Childhood (forward). Mindstorms: Children, computers, and powerful ideas. Basic Books, Inc.

Creativity and play (weeks 3 & 4)

Culpepper, M. K., & Gauntlett, D. (2020). Making and learning together: Where the makerspace mindset meets platforms for creativity. Global Studies of Childhood, 10(3), 264–274.

Runco, M. A., & Jaeger, G. J. (2012). The Standard Definition of Creativity. Creativity Research Journal, 24(1), 92–96.

Papert, S. (2002). Hard Fun.

Robotics and Computational Thinking (weeks 5 & 6)

Kafai, Y. B., & Proctor, C. (2022). A Revaluation of Computational Thinking in K–12 Education: Moving Toward Computational Literacies. Educational Researcher, 51(2), 146–151.

Wing, J. M. (2006). Computational thinking. Communications of the ACM, 49(3), 33–35.

Zhong, B., & Xia, L. (2020). A Systematic Review on Exploring the Potential of Educational Robotics in Mathematics Education. International Journal of Science & Mathematics Education, 18(1), 79–101.

Equity in the Maker lab (weeks 7 & 8)

Bullock, E. (2017). Only STEM Can Save Us? Examining Race, Place, and STEM Education as Property. Educational Studies, 53(6), 628–641.

Cipolla, C. (2019). Build It Better: Tinkering in Feminist Maker Pedagogy. Women’s Studies, 48(3), 261–282.

Godhe, A. L., Lilja, P., & Selwyn, N. (2019). Making sense of making: Critical issues in the integration of maker education into schools. Technology, Pedagogy and Education, 28(3), 317–328.