What is maker education?

The word "Maker" comes from the English word "maker", which originally means that a person points out his hobbies and tries to turn various ideas into reality. Maker education is also called STEAM education. Maker education is a combination of maker culture and education. Based on students' interests, it advocates creativity, encourages sharing and cultivates interdisciplinary problem solving, teamwork and innovation abilities by using digital tools.

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1. Maker to China-"From 0 to 1", the development of the country calls for the landing of "Maker Culture".

Peter thiel, a famous American Silicon Valley investor, concluded in From 0 to 1 that "from 0 to 1" means innovation, solving problems from scratch, qualitative change and innovation. "From 1 to 100" solves the problem from having to many, which is quantitative change, copying and imitation. Looking back on China's development in recent decades, we have accumulated a lot of experience from 1 to 100, and "from 0 to 1" determines our future.

At present, China has entered the ranks of world powers, and the task of leading the world development has put forward an urgent demand for innovation. In this context, the country put forward the call of "mass entrepreneurship and innovation" and upgraded it to a national development strategy, and China "Maker" came into being. It can be seen that the future of China calls for "maker culture", and only when it really lands can it continuously nourish the roots of life for the survival and development of the Chinese nation and create a new miracle of civilization for mankind.

2. Maker is to education-China needs "Maker Spirit" for talent cultivation.

When the country's development process is clearly mapped to education, we find that due to the lack of innovative training, the current education has gradually failed to meet the demand for talents in today's world. China's education, high marks and low energy, rote memorization and so on are still widespread, but its innovation ability and practical ability are generally weak. Traditional knowledge transfer is important, but process education, experiential education and innovative education can stimulate students' awareness and behavior of active learning, and will play an increasingly critical role in cultivating innovative talents.

With the development of world multipolarization, economic globalization, cultural diversity and social informatization, the wave of thinking on the Internet has brought us into an era full of vitality and challenges, and everyone is a maker. How to cultivate teenagers' core literacy, especially their innovative ability, is the direction of education reform and the goal of talent training. Being loyal to ideals, being brave in innovation, being brave in practice, and being willing to share, "Maker" is a trend and a belief, and the cultivation of talents in China needs "Maker Spirit".

3. Maker is for the school-the school maker space is an effective way and an important place to cultivate students' innovative spirit and practical ability.

Through the construction of the school maker space, we can effectively integrate the scattered and fragmented innovative education resources such as the original laboratory, digital inquiry room, training room, science and technology museum, community organizations and interest groups, and then carry out colorful innovative education. Implementing systematic innovative education for students can effectively broaden the road of cultivating innovative talents and is a useful supplement to the current traditional education model.