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  • Serious fun : life-deep learning of koi hobbyists

    Creator:
    Liu, Chi-Chang
    Abstract:
    Hobby activities can be viewed through the lens of informal, free-choice learning. A wide range of hobbies combine fun and learning-intensive practices, and can contribute to scientific literacy. Hobby learning involves clear goal orientation, persistence and effort, and often results in more richly and strongly connected knowledge; traits highly valued...
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    Dissertation
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    & Dierking, 2007). Formal science education mainly focuses on pre-college and college education in

  • "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...
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    Dissertation
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    . Wyld for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Science Education presented on June 2, 2015. Title