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Toward Building Makerspaces for All: New Theories and Practices to Design Inclusive Makerspaces

Mon, April 11, 4:30 to 6:00pm, Convention Center, Floor: Level One, Room 101

Session Type: Structured Poster Session

Abstract

Despite the growing interest and attention paid to maker spaces for transforming how we understand ‘what counts’ as learning, as a learner, and as learning environment, there is little evidence that the maker movement has been broadly successful in involving a diverse audience. Few studies have focused on the equity-oriented dimensions of makerspaces and making. Our session seeks to reverse this trend. Across the 8 papers/posters, we present examples of studies focused on designing/enacting inclusive makerspaces for young people in formal or informal education settings, provide innovative theoretical and methodological tools for better understanding learning and development of young people who participate in making, and discuss how researchers and practitioners can collaborate to build makerspaces for all.

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