Educational makerspaces in Danish primary and lower-secondary schools: Preliminary insights from an ongoing evaluation of 17 municipalities makerspace initiatives

TY - GEN

T1 - Educational makerspaces in Danish primary and lower-secondary schools

T2 - 2022 International Conference on Computing, Design and Making in Education, FabLearn Europe / MakeEd 2022

AU - Pilgaard, Michal

AU - Basballe, Ditte Amund

AU - Buus, Lillian

AU - Nørgård, Rikke Toft

AU - Kjeldsen, Christian Christrup

AU - Madsen, Simon Ryberg

AU - Hjorth, Mikkel

N1 - Funding Information: This work has been supported by the Villum Foundation (Grant no. 38182) as well as by VIA University College, DPU Aarhus University, and Epinion. Publisher Copyright: © 2022 Owner/Author.

PY - 2022/5

Y1 - 2022/5

N2 - In recent years, an increasing interest in establishing and engaging with makerspaces in the context of formal educational settings in primary and lower-secondary schools in Denmark has grown. Initiatives to establish makerspaces as formal learning spaces in Denmark can be linked to international concepts and thoughts about FabLabs, Hackerspaces, and the Maker movement. A mapping of educational makerspace initiatives aiming for students in primary and lower-secondary schools in Denmark has been conducted as part of a larger evaluation of 17 educational makerspace establishments in Danish municipalities. This paper presents early findings from the evaluation. The overall aim of the evaluation is to gain knowledge about makerspace settings as learning environments and the potential and challenges such settings pose to pedagogical practice.

AB - In recent years, an increasing interest in establishing and engaging with makerspaces in the context of formal educational settings in primary and lower-secondary schools in Denmark has grown. Initiatives to establish makerspaces as formal learning spaces in Denmark can be linked to international concepts and thoughts about FabLabs, Hackerspaces, and the Maker movement. A mapping of educational makerspace initiatives aiming for students in primary and lower-secondary schools in Denmark has been conducted as part of a larger evaluation of 17 educational makerspace establishments in Danish municipalities. This paper presents early findings from the evaluation. The overall aim of the evaluation is to gain knowledge about makerspace settings as learning environments and the potential and challenges such settings pose to pedagogical practice.

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U2 - 10.1145/3535227.3535243

DO - 10.1145/3535227.3535243

M3 - Article in proceedings

AN - SCOPUS:85133290998

BT - Proceedings of 6th FabLearn Europe / MakeEd Conference 2022

PB - Association for Computing Machinery

Y2 - 30 May 2022 through 31 May 2022

ER -