Building an Inclusive Maker Community
In 2018 we released Making Culture, an in-depth nationwide examination of K-12 makerspaces, revealing substantial implicit bias and gaps in inclusion within maker education. Building upon these findings, we are developing community-based, inclusive-by-design, maker learning programs in the West Philadelphia Promise Zone and partnering with researchers in other locations on similar efforts. We will present our program designs and preliminary findings, focusing on middle and high school age students.
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Youngmoo Kim
Drexel University - ExCITe Center
Christopher Wright
Drexel University, School of Education