College of Education and Human Development
Harvard Educational Review: The Maker Movement in Education
February 2, 2015
Kimberly Sheridan
The Harvard Educational Review's just-published Winter 2014 issue includes an essay co-written by Kimberly Sheridan, associate professor in the College of Education and Human Development at George Mason University, and her colleague Erica Halverson of the University of Wisconsin–Madison.
The article is called "The Maker Movement in Education." From the abstract:
"The authors consider the emerging role of making in education. They present points of tension between making and formal education practices as they come into contact with one another, exploring whether the newness attributed to the maker movement is really all that new and reflecting on its potential pedagogical impacts on teaching and learning."
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Kimberly Sheridan holds a joint appointment in the College of Education and Human Development and the College of Visual and Performing Arts at George Mason University. She studies learning at the intersections of art, science, and new technologies with a particular focus on the sociocultural contexts of learning. She is the recipient of a number of grants and awards, including from the National Science, Fulbright, and Spencer foundations.
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This maker space at the Children's Museum of Pittsburgh is for learners of all ages. Photo courtesy of Makeshop.
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