Designing constructionist futures : the art, theory, and practice of learning designs / edited by Nathan Holbert, Matthew Berland, and Yasmin B. Kafai.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Holbert, Nathan, editor.

Berland, Matthew, editor.

Kafai, Yasmin B., editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Constructivism (Education).

Computer science--Study and teaching.

Computer science.

Maker movement in education.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (338 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, 2020.

Summary:

"With contributions from both original visionaries and emergent scholars, this volume extends the educational theory of constructionism, including recent movements in coding and making"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction : fifty years of constructionism / Nathan Holbert, Matthew Berland, and Yasmin B. Kafai

Engaging learners in constructing constructionist environments / Sayamindu Dasgupta, Benjamin Mako Hill, and Andrés Monroy-Hernández

Playgrounds and microworlds : learning to code in early childhood / Marina Umaschi Bers

Making constructionism work at scale : the story of ScratchMaths / Richard Noss, Celia Hoyles, Piers Saunders, Alison Clark-Wilson, Laura Benton, and Ivan Kalas

Half-baked constructionism : a strategy to address the challenge of infusing constructionism in education in Greece / Chronis Kynigos

Why school reform is impossible / Seymour Papert

The scratch educator meetup : useful learning in a playful space / Karen Brennan, Raquel Jimenez

Applied constructionism in Thailand : two decades of a constructionist school in Thailand / Nalin Tutiyaphuengprasert

Connecting modern knowledge : crafting the next generation of constructionists / Gary S. Stager

Cheesemaking emancipation : the delicious critical theory of cultural making / Paulo Blikstein

Reclaiming traditionally feminine practices and materials for STEM learning through the modern maker movement / Kylie Peppler, Anna Keune, and Naomi Thompson

Constructionism as a pedagogy of disrespect / Nathan Holbert

Cultivating community change while creating construction kits : launching Scratch, Modkit, and L2TT2L / Amon D. Millner, Edward Baafi, Susan Klimczak

Jeitismo construcionismo in Brasilian learning communities / David Cavallo

The role of critical science identity artifacts in youth claiming a rightful presence in STEM / Angela Calabrese Barton and Edna Tan

Indigenous youth making community tours / Kristin A. Searle, Breanne K. Litts, Bryan McKinley Jones Brayboy, Yasmin B. Kafai, Teresa Casort, Stephanie Benson, and Sequoia L. Dance

Computational making with children in intercultural computer clubs / Anne Weibert, Konstantin Aal, Maximilian Krüger, Michael Ahmadi, Gunnar Stevens, and Volker Wulf

Building relationships and building projects : designing for family learning / Ricarose Roque

Playful constructionism in museums, libraries, and other voluntary spaces : co-construction, co-facilitation, and co-dread / Matthew Berland

Storytelling as a support for collective constructionist activity / Michelle Hoda Wilkerson and Brian Gravel

Constructing sharable text : constructionist experiences of online writing / Andrea Forte

Taking up multiliteracies in a constructionist design context / Breanne K. Litts, Erica R. Halverson, and Kimberly M. Sheridan

Constructing with and through the body / Joshua A. Danish and Noel Enyedy

Shaping learning online for making and sharing children's DIY media / Deborah A. Fields and Sara M. Grimes

Real-world constructionism : how vision perks vs how reality works / Arnan Sipitakiat

Experiences of artifacts : people's appropriations/objects 'affordances' / Edith K. Ackerman

Restructuration theoryand agent-based modeling : reformulating knowledge domains through computational representations / Uri Wilensky

Hi-lo tech crafting : tinkering with textiles, paper and everything else / Yasmin B. Kafai and Gayithri Jayathirtha

Syntonicity and emergence : a design-based research reflection on the Piagetian roots of constructionism / Dor Abrahamson and Kiera Chase

Constructionism in art studios / Kimberly M. Sheridan

Creativity as sustained social practices : four pillars for creative learning design / Jianwei Zhang

Sailing in open waters : choosing, charting, and navigating constructionist learning experiences / Vanessa Svihla and Tim Kubik

Constructionist learning games in school / Eric Klopfer, Emma Anderson and Judy Perry

Promoting creative constructions as lifelong learning : interview with Mitchel Resnick

New and future coding paradigms : interview with Ben Shapiro

Advancing making with biology : interview with Orkan Telhan and Yasmin Kafai

Self-directed constructionist communities : interview with Leah Buechley

Examining constructionist bodies : interview with Michael Eisenberg.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

ISBN:

0-262-36108-6

0-262-36109-4

OCLC:

1187208618