Makerspace for Education Curriculum Guide

By：Trisha Roffey， Catherine Sverko， Janelle Therien

Papert’s Big Ideas

Seymour Papert was the founder of the Constructionist Learning Lab， and he had 8 big ideas that were crucial to the undertaking of this type of teaching and learning. These big ideas are found in Invent to Learn： Making， Tinkering and Engineering in the classroom. We have created a poster to hang in your classroom makerspace to use with both teachers and students as they approach a new understanding of creativity， inquiry and makerspace in the classroom！

8 big ideas of Maker Centered Education

1.Learn by doing！

We all learn better when learning is part of doing something we find really interesting. We learn best of all when we use what we learn to make something we really want.

2.Technology as building material ！

If you can use technology to make things，you can make a lot more interesting things. And you can learn a lot more by making them. This is especially true of digital technology.

3.Hard fun！

We learn best and we work best if we enjoy what we are doing. But fun and enjoying doesn't mean

\"easy\". The best fun is hard fun. Our sports heroes work very hard at getting better at their sports. The most successful carpenter enjoys doing carpentry.

4.Learning to learn！

Many students get the idea that \"the only way to learn is by being taught\". This is what makes them fall in school and in life. Nobody can teach you everything you need to know. You have to take charge of your own learning.

5.Taking time！

Many students at school get used to being told every five minutes or every hour to do this， or do that， and now do the next thing. If someone isn't telling them what to do they get bored. Life is not like that. To do anything important you have to learn to manage time for yourself.

6.You can't get it right without getting it wrong！

Nothing important works the first time. The only way to get it right is to look carefully at what happened when it went wrong. To succeed you need the freedom to goof on the way.

7.Do unto ourselves what we do unto our students ！

We are learning all the time. We have a lot of experience of other similar projects but each one id different. We do not have a preconceived idea of how exactly this will work out. We enjoy what we are doing but we expect it to be hard. We expect to take the time we need to get this right. Every difficultly we run into is an opportunity to learn. The best lesson we can give our students is to learn them see us struggle to learn.

8.Digital world！

We are entering a digital world where knowing about digital technology is as important as reading and writing ！So learning about computers is essential for our students’ futures.But the most important purpose is using them NOW to learn about everything else.

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派普特的重要思想

西摩爾·派普特是建構主義學習實驗室的創始人，他有8個關于此類教與學理解關鍵的重要思想。這些重要的思想是在創造學習的過程中發現的：課堂中的創造、思考以及構建。我們已經制作了一張海報，張貼在教室的創客空間領域里，使得教師跟學生在課堂上，對創造力、探究性以及創客空間都有一個新的認識。

以創客為教育中心的8個重要思想

做中學

當學習成為我們真正感興趣的一件事時，我們將學得更好。當我們用所學的知識去創造一些我們真正所需要的東西的時候，那么我們就算學得最好的了。

技術是創造的基石

如果你能利用技術去創造東西，那么你會創造出更多更有趣的東西。同時在創造的過程中，你可以學習到更多的東西。數字技術尤其如此。

艱難的樂趣

對于我們所做的事情，如果我們樂在其中，那么我們就可以學得更好、做得更好。但是有趣和享受并不意味著“簡單”。最好的樂趣是艱難的。我們的體育英雄為了在他們的領域獲得更好的成績，都非常努力。最成功的木匠往往非常享受做木匠活兒。

學會學習

很多學生都有一種思想，即“學習的唯一方法就是接受教育”。這就是導致他們在學校跟生活中落后的原因。沒有人會把所有你需要知道的事情都教給你。唯有靠自學才能完成。

花時間

很多學生在學校都習慣于聽從老師和學校的規定，他們在五分鐘或者一小時內去做這個，做那個，或者是現在應該去做其他事了。如果沒人給他們這樣的時間安排，沒有告訴他們該去干什么，那么他們就會感到枯燥乏味，失去方向。生活不該如此。做任何重要的事情，你都要先學會管理你自己的時間。

犯錯使你進步

初次嘗試并不會得出什么重要成果。使它成功的唯一方法就是你要仔細地觀察出錯的時候發生了什么。成功的路上需要犯錯的自由。

以身作則

我們一直在學習。我們有很多其他類似項目的經驗，但是每一個又各不相同。我們并不會預先精確地預測到這個會如何成功。我們享受于我們所做的那些我們以為會很難的事情。我們需要時間來獲得成功。每一個我們遇到的困難都是我們學習的絕佳機會。我們能給學生上的最好的一課，就是讓他們看到我們正在努力地學習。

數字世界

我們正在進入一個數字世界，在那里，理解數字技術跟閱讀和寫作同等重要。所以，學習計算機對于我們學生的未來而言是至關重要的。但是最重要的目的還是現在就利用它們來學習一切。