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“Do you need to care about the final product, or can you let the students go and really care about how they did their analysis, or how they structured their brainstorming?”
- Jennifer Pacock, 2016.
The Maker Mindset—the creative, entrepreneurial, intrinsically motivated way of thinking that characterizes makers.
“The Maker Mindset” by Dale Dougherty introduces the Maker Movement, which describes learning as “experimental play.” This mindset asks for allowing students to be more self-directed, and their learning be more project-based, and hands-on. Moreover, the learning should be more like playing.
Maker Mindset could also be described as innovation mindset, creative and critical mindset, one that is willing to explore, test, plan, re-plan, design, re-design and isn't afraid of taking risks or failing. Maker mindset encourages mistakes and allows for students to look at mistakes like they are a 'gifts' for your brain, since they allow you to learn and improve most.
Maker mindset exhibits curiosity and resourcefulness. It requires one to locate and use tools to complete tasks and learn from setbacks
Maker Mindsets
Step 1: Just do it
Step 2: Stop, collaborate and listen
Step 3: Ask for feedback
Step 4: Mistakes = Learning
Step 5: Reflect (How can I improve? What are my next steps?)
Step 6: What worked? What didn't work? What have I learned from this experience.
Maker mindset exhibits curiosity and resourcefulness. It requires one to locate and use tools to complete tasks and learn from setbacks
Maker Mindsets
- Curiosity: I’m interested in learning.
- Creativity: I ask what if? Why not?
- Purpose and relevance: This is important to me.
- Contribution: I can create value.
Step 1: Just do it
Step 2: Stop, collaborate and listen
Step 3: Ask for feedback
Step 4: Mistakes = Learning
Step 5: Reflect (How can I improve? What are my next steps?)
Step 6: What worked? What didn't work? What have I learned from this experience.