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ERIC Number: EJ1302986
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2021-Jul
Pages: 15
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ISSN: ISSN-8756-3894
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Exploring Ambiguity Tolerance during the Adoption of Maker-Centered Learning Tools and Strategies
Smith, Shaunna; Rodriguez, Shelly
TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, v65 n4 p653-667 Jul 2021
Maker-centered learning is a creative hands-on educational strategy that uses a variety of tools and materials to support the iterative design of physical or digital artifacts. It involves the "messy" process of trial and error; therefore, authentic integration of maker-centered learning requires teachers to embrace ambiguity. This descriptive case study explores how two in-service teacher participants tolerate ambiguity through unpacking the ways that they process, interpret, and react to ambiguous stimuli. The study uses participants' weekly reflections during a 15-week course focused on tools and strategies to support maker-centered learning. Findings highlight examples of how participants' experiences connect to the four ambiguity constructs (i.e., complexity, insolubility, uncertainty, unfamiliarity) and the dual roles of ambiguity as a learner and ambiguity as a teacher. Implications for teacher educators who design maker-centered learning professional development experiences are also discussed.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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