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Maker education is an offshoot of the maker movement, which Time magazine described as "the umbrella term for independent innovators, designers and tinkerers. A convergence of computer hackers and traditional artisans, the niche is established enough to have its own magazine, Make, as well as hands-on Maker Faires that are catnip for DIYers who used to toil in solitude". [3]
Sylvia Libow Martinez an American engineer whose book Invent To Learn: Making, Tinkering, and Engineering in the Classroom [1] co-authored with Gary S. Stager has been acknowledged as the "bible" of the school Maker Movement. She, with this one book, is largely collected by libraries worldwide.
In China, Project-based learning implementation has primarily been driven by international school offerings, [22] although public schools use Project-based learning as a reference for Chinese Premier Ki Keqiang's mandate for schools to adopt maker education, [23] in conjunction with micro-schools like Moonshot Academy and ETU, and maker ...
Makers Empire is a NewSchools [21] portfolio company and has been favorably reviewed by Common Sense Education [22] [23] and 3D Insider, [24] amongst others. Makers Empire was also described as a "compelling example" of 3D printing in the 2015 Horizon Project report, [25] an initiative by the New Media Consortium.
School pedagogy is dynamic, continuously evolving to embrace new developments in education and incorporating technology and innovative teaching practices. It acknowledges the multifaceted role of the teacher as an organizer, leader, and motivator in the learning process, while also recognizing students as active participants in their own learning.
The University of Virginia received a five-year, $5 million, Teachers for a New Era [6] grant to develop new models in teacher education. A 2006 report by Arthur Levine named the School among four "distinctive university-based teacher education programs that are exemplars in the field." [7]
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The VLF, along with the Office of Adult Education and Literacy at the Virginia Department of Education (OAEL VADOE), was also instrumental in organizing and facilitating cooperation among the many private and public adult literacy agencies and social services through fourteen Regional Literacy Coordinating Committees, which served the state ...