Planning a Maker activity: Dynamic, flexible planning to meet student needs

Authors

  • Jean-Luc Ciocca Université d’Ottawa
  • Megan Cotnam-Kappel Université d’Ottawa

Keywords:

Maker movement, planning, teacher, makerspace, maker pedagogy

Abstract

The article explores how teachers in francophone Ontarian schools conceptualize the planning of a Maker activity. Anchored in the do-it-yourself tradition, the unprecedented enthusiasm in education for this type of activity raises certain planning challenges and issues. The results of our qualitative analyses of interviews with two teachers (6th grade and 11th grade technical) underscore that teachers undertake three actions when planning a Maker activity: 1) create a Maker community spirit; 2) implement a Maker mentality through actions; and 3) adopt a planning-in-action approach. Our research underscores that a form of planning that we define as planning-in-action seems specific to Maker activities in a classroom at the primary or secondary level.

Author Biographies

Jean-Luc Ciocca, Université d’Ottawa

is a PhD student in the Faculty of Education at the University of Ottawa. As a young researcher in the field of educational technologies, his research interests focus on the Maker Movement and Learning Analytics to support self-regulation in online learning environments. He holds a Master's degree in Education from the University of Ottawa. His research explored how teachers think about planning a Maker activity in school. jcioc064@uottawa.ca 

Megan Cotnam-Kappel, Université d’Ottawa

is Associate Professor and Associate to the Dean in the Faculty of Education at the University of Ottawa. A specialist in educational technologies, her research interests include digital literacy and citizenship, the Maker movement and teaching in Francophone minority settings. She holds doctorates from the University of Ottawa and Université de Corse Pascal Paoli, and completed a postdoctoral fellowship at Harvard University. A committed Franco-Ontarian, she leads a research program aimed at developing digital literacy skills among teachers and students, with a view to reducing digital inequalities across Canada and in minority settings in particular. mcotnam@uottawa.ca 

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2022-09-30

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Ciocca, J.-L., & Cotnam-Kappel, M. (2022). Planning a Maker activity: Dynamic, flexible planning to meet student needs. McGill Journal of Education / Revue Des Sciences De l’éducation De McGill, 57(3), 117–136. Retrieved from https://mje.mcgill.ca/article/view/9853

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