Maker education for primary and middle school students to learn in happiness

At the conceptual level, maker learning is a kind of design based learning , In essence, it is a kind of learning based on creation , Its core feature is knowledge 、 That's ok 、 thinking 、 Unity of creation . This new way of learning aims to learn through independent research 、 Creative practice , Provide students with an interesting and meaningful learning process .
The traditional way of learning , Lead students to learn passively , Reduced willingness to learn , Emotions are also difficult to mobilize . This will lead to low learning efficiency , It may even lead to students' psychological resistance to learning . And the traditional way of learning is based on simple memory and repeated training of skills , Emphasize memory and weaken students' own thinking and understanding , Ignore independent thinking and innovation . The pursuit of exam oriented learning , Will limit learning to textbooks , Lead to narrow knowledge , Lack of practical ability , Lead to high scores and low energy .
And innovative makers learn , Is to let students use their existing tools and knowledge , Produce something new 、 Unique products . This thinking process can not only deepen children's understanding of the knowledge they have mastered , It can also inspire children to explore themselves 、 Motivation for self-learning .

Maker learning aims to promote the development of students' Creativity , It mainly includes stimulating students' creative motivation , Cultivate students' creative thinking , Shaping students' creative personality . In the process of interesting practice and creation , Let students get rid of the phenomenon of high score and low ability .

American scholars L· Di · Fink in his book on Education 《 Create meaningful learning experiences —— Design principles of Comprehensive Universities 》 in , Put forward clearly for the first time “ Teaching should create meaningful learning experiences for students ” Teaching ideas .L· Di · Fink believed and proposed that “ Create meaningful learning experiences ” As the principle of curriculum design in Comprehensive Universities .
So what kind of learning mode is maker learning ？ Maker learning refers to theoretical learning and practical courses . On the one hand, it supports makers to build an interdisciplinary system 、 A comprehensive knowledge system , On the other hand, support the development of maker learning 、 The interaction of learning community and the achievement of learning results . Through the creative Marathon 、 Create problem situations in the form of brainstorming , Stimulate and maintain learners' thirst for knowledge and curiosity ; Set clear maker learning objectives , Enable students to be creative 、 innovation 、 Gain experience in creation .
So what kind of learning mode is maker learning ？ Maker learning refers to theoretical learning and practical courses . On the one hand, it supports makers to build an interdisciplinary system 、 A comprehensive knowledge system , On the other hand, support the development of maker learning 、 The interaction of learning community and the achievement of learning results . Through the creative Marathon 、 Create problem situations in the form of brainstorming , Stimulate and maintain learners' thirst for knowledge and curiosity ; Set clear maker learning objectives , Enable students to be creative 、 innovation 、 Gain experience in creation .
Maker education is heating up rapidly , Primary and secondary schools are also in full swing 、 The heat . It is generally believed that maker education plays an inestimable role in cultivating innovative and practical talents in schools . Maker education is the crystallization of maker spirit and education , Pay attention to the cultivation of innovation and practical ability , Learners rely on open source hardware platforms （ Such as Arduino）、 Intelligent control kit （ Such as robot and programming ）、 Graphical programming software （ Such as Scratch）、3D The printer 、 Mobile Internet 、 Internet of things learning module and other tools , You can give full play to your imagination 、 Be curious , Seriously 、 positive 、 Take the initiative to complete the projects you are interested in , To acquire new skills and create new things . This is different from the current implementation of “ Learning by doing 、 Play middle school ”、“ Student centered ”、“ Student subject 、 Teacher led ” Consistent with the concept of , Then it has aroused more and more educators' thinking and resonance , It is imperative for maker education to enter the classroom .
in summary , Use mind mapping to clarify knowledge structure . Mind mapping is a tool for cultivating innovative ways of thinking , That is to use a keyword to derive other relevant keywords from different characteristics , Trigger the export of other keywords , According to the characteristics of explosive thinking , Divergence from trunk to branches . For each branch, different colors can be used to identify , The size of the line from thick to thin , It indicates the derivation relationship from trunk to branches and leaves , Mind mapping is a tree like divergent structure in the form of expression .