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dc.contributor.authorSheffield, R.
dc.contributor.authorKoul, R.
dc.contributor.authorBlackley, Susan
dc.contributor.authorMaynard, N.
dc.date.accessioned2017-09-27T10:20:40Z
dc.date.available2017-09-27T10:20:40Z
dc.date.created2017-09-27T09:48:07Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.identifier.citationSheffield, R. and Koul, R. and Blackley, S. and Maynard, N. 2017. Makerspace in STEM for girls: a physical space to develop twenty-first-century skills. Educational media international. 54 (2): pp. 148-164.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/56742
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/09523987.2017.1362812
dc.description.abstract

Makerspace has been lauded as a new way forward to create communities, empower students and bring together enthusiasts of all ages and skill levels “to tinker” and create. Makerspace education has been touted as having the potential to empower young people to become agents of change in their communities. This paper examines how a Makerspace approach can capture the imagination and creativity of female primary school students, and engage them in integrated STEM-based projects. The study scaffolded female tertiary undergraduate students to mentor small groups of girls to complete a project in a STEM Makerspace situated in classrooms. The data generated and analysed from this study were used to determine how Makerspace STEM-based projects were enacted, how they engaged and supported the girls’ learning, and considers the future of a Makerspace approach as a way to progress integrated STEM education.

dc.publisherTaylor and Francis
dc.titleMakerspace in STEM for girls: a physical space to develop twenty-first-century skills
dc.typeJournal Article
dcterms.source.startPage1
dcterms.source.endPage17
dcterms.source.issn0952-3987
dcterms.source.titleEducational media international
curtin.departmentSchool of Education
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