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"Identity in the making" in an adolescent new media maker experience : the role of interest, figured worlds, and use of authentic tools and practices

Creator:

Wyld, Jennifer N.

Abstract:

Human development researchers consider adolescence a rich time for interest development and identity exploration. A relatively new movement in the Free-Choice Learning (FCL) arena, the Maker movement, offers learners interest-driven, experiential, often collaborative, and process-oriented activities ranging from game design (computer-based and otherwise) and robotics, to sewing LEDs into clothing...

Resource Type:

Dissertation

Full Text:

development, Ito, et.al.’s genres of participation, Holland, et. al.’s figured worlds and a place-based lens