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34.028 - From Making to Agentic Participation: Perspectives on and Approaches to Fostering Epistemic Engagement in Making

Fri, April 28, 4:05 to 5:35pm, Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center, Floor: Meeting Room Level, Room 221 C

Session Type: Structured Poster Session

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Making has been situated as a discipline integrating STEAM - Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math (Halverson & Sheridan, 2014a). In this interactive poster symposium session, we discuss how the improvement of learning as ‘making’ hinges on providing opportunities for learners to engage in authentic work as active participants. As such, learners must be positioned as epistemic agents – ‘individuals or groups who take, or are granted, responsibility for shaping the knowledge and practice of a community’ (Stroup, 2014). We will present research projects that offer different examples of learners’ work as they engage as designers in the process of making. Participants and attendees will collectively and collaboratively discuss the implications of such research for teaching and learning.

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