Equity in makerspaces is not guaranteed by their existence¶

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Evidence · 1 study · review r2 · q2
Currency · newest study 2024 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q2 i? Papers in the special issue claim that equity is not guaranteed and call for further articulation and critical theorization of maker education. → Ioannou 2024

Evidence¶

Ioannou 2024¶

Ioannou, A., & Gravel, B. E. (2024). Trends, tensions, and futures of maker education research: a 2025 vision for STEM+ disciplinary and transdisciplinary spaces for learning through making. Education Tech Research Dev, 72, 1–14. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11423-023-10334-w

q2 · i? · review · r2

The editors synthesize Cluster IV papers, reporting that "equity is not guaranteed" and that reports of hegemonic structures controlling makerspaces highlight the fragility of maker education as a space for addressing equity.

"Papers included in this spe- cial issue claim that equity is not guaranteed and call for further articulations and criti- cal theorization of maker education to advance this professed vision for maker education."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• Special-issue papers articulate theoretical frameworks for inquiry, problem-based learning, and teacher learning and technology integration — related
• Even districts with consistent curriculum use encountered persistent equity access gaps for multilingual learners and students with learning differences — related
• Episodes of off-task play with maker materials caused temporal fragmentation of groups' joint attention on the learning challenge — related