{"product_id":"maker-centered-learning-empowering-young-people-to-shape-their-worlds-9781119259701","title":"Maker-Centered Learning: Empowering Young People to Shape Their Worlds","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe Agency by Design guide to implementing maker-centered teaching and learning\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMaker-Centered Learning \u003c\/i\u003eprovides both a theoretical framework and practical resources for the educators, curriculum developers, librarians, administrators, and parents navigating this burgeoning field. Written by the expert team from the Agency \u003ci\u003eby\u003c\/i\u003e Design initiative at Harvard's Project Zero, this book\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eIdentifies a set of educational practices and ideas that define maker-centered learning, and introduces the focal concepts of maker empowerment and sensitivity to design.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eShares cutting edge research that provides evidence of the benefits of maker-centered learning for students and education as a whole.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ePresents a clear Project Zero-based framework for maker-centered teaching and learning\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIncludes valuable educator resources that can be applied in a variety of design and maker-centered learning environments\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDescribes unique thinking routines that foster the primary maker capacities of looking closely, exploring complexity, and finding opportunity.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eA surge of voices from government, industry, and education have argued that, in order to equip the next generation for life and work in the decades ahead, it is vital to support maker-centered learning in various educational environments. \u003ci\u003eMaker-Centered Learning\u003c\/i\u003e provides insight into what that means, and offers tools and knowledge that can be applied anywhere that learning takes place.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEDWARD P. CLAPP, Ed.D., \u003c\/b\u003e is Co-Director of Agency \u003ci\u003eby\u003c\/i\u003e Design and a Research Associate and Lecturer on Education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJESSICA ROSS\u003c\/b\u003e is a Senior Research Specialist at Project Zero and current Project Manager of Agency \u003ci\u003eby\u003c\/i\u003e Design. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJENNIFER O. RYAN\u003c\/b\u003e is Project Manager of the Pedagogy of Play project, and former Project Manager of Agency \u003ci\u003eby\u003c\/i\u003e Design. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSHARI TISHMAN, Ed.D., \u003c\/b\u003e is Co-Director of Agency \u003ci\u003eby\u003c\/i\u003e Design and a Senior Research Associate and Lecturer on Education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jossey-Bass","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50628827775250,"sku":"9781119259701","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_16ca0aa4-aae1-4939-bc4c-06076c5802dd.jpg?v=1732709402","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/maker-centered-learning-empowering-young-people-to-shape-their-worlds-9781119259701","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}