The role that making, tinkering, and electronics can bring to an art classroom.
Digital technology has radically changed the way people work in industry, finance, services, media and commerce and has urged necessary corresponding changes in educational systems. One of the most influential movement is the "Maker Movement".
The Maker Movement is much more than an activity or a piece of technology. Rather, it is a mindset that places inquiry and passion at the heart of learning. The Maker Movement positions itself as an escape from the traditional educational model of reading textbook passages and memorizing facts, and instead asks students to get their hands dirty by creating something new. For Makers, the learning process is cyclical: when students Make, they develop questions that prompt learning; when they learn, they apply their new knowledge to their Making. The end result? A transformative experience in which students develop passion, self-efficacy, and intrinsic motivation toward STEM fields.
Perhaps the Maker Movement’s greatest strength is its ability to empower. Making allows students, even those who may have struggled previously in the classroom, to demonstrate competence and be successful. By giving them these opportunities, educators can show students that you don’t need to be gifted or have a “knack” for science in order to create. The practice of Making frames learning as a continuous, growth-oriented process where failure is celebrated as an opportunity for improvement. The confidence that is built through this process can have a long-term positive impact on students’ academic success, as well as their social and emotional growth.
Nowadays, study approved that digital fabrication and making technologies, if coupled with proper learning methodologies such as Constructivism can provide learning experiences that promote young artist's creativity, critical thinking, teamwork, and problem solving skills, which are essential and necessary in the art classroom teaching of the 21st century.
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