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Discovering Maker Literacies: Tinkering with a Constructionist Approach and Maker Competencies

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Abstract By shifting hybrid pedagogies to constructionism, multimodal and makerspace composition teachers can transform both student- and faculty-inquiry within the classroom. A constructionist stance guides students through a path of… Click to show full abstract

Abstract By shifting hybrid pedagogies to constructionism, multimodal and makerspace composition teachers can transform both student- and faculty-inquiry within the classroom. A constructionist stance guides students through a path of knowledge informed by their own socio-culturally situated practices and experiences. In a multimodal and makerspace undergraduate course, this results in students applying maker competencies—defined through a university taskforce of faculty across disciplines—to form maker literacies.

Keywords: maker literacies; maker; discovering maker; constructionist; maker competencies; literacies tinkering

Journal Title: Computers and Composition
Year Published: 2020

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