Carry out effective maker education courses and activities

Maker education is to help students carry out maker activities , Cultivate students to ask questions 、 Research questions 、 solve the problem 、 Comprehensive ability of hands-on production , Preliminary integration of scientific research 、 Technical production 、 The whole process of artistic creation , To cultivate students' spirit of active exploration 、 Critical thinking ability 、 Independent innovation ability 、 Cooperative research ability 、 Language skills 、 Artistic creation ability, etc .

Understanding of maker Education , There are similarities and differences between Chinese scholars and Western scholars . The commonness is , emphasize “ Learn through creation ” or “ Creative based learning ”, Think this is the way learners really need to learn ; Advocate the implementation of maker education and project-based learning , Focus on a specific task , Enable students to learn in the process of completing tasks , So as to cultivate students' ability to solve practical problems ; Advocate collaboration in the implementation of maker education 、 Communication and sharing deepen the meaning construction of knowledge ; Special attention should be paid to cultivating students' practical ability and ability to solve practical problems . Maker education in the eyes of western scholars , It is to train young people into makers who can use various technical means and methods to turn creativity into physical works ; And the maker education in the minds of Chinese scholars , Is to train young people to be innovative 、 Innovative talents with innovative thinking and innovative ability . In order to correctly advocate and implement maker education with Chinese characteristics , How to cultivate and implement the innovation consciousness that innovative talents must have 、 Innovative thinking and innovative ability , To explore .

Maker education is highly comprehensive in primary and secondary education at present 、 It covers a wide range of fields 、 Innovative courses . With the deepening of maker Education , Students are no longer passive recipients of knowledge , But as a scientist 、 Multiple roles such as inventor . The process of asking questions and using your creativity to solve problems advocated by maker education , It is very important to cultivate students' ability . Although maker education does not directly teach students basic knowledge , But in “ maker ” In the process of , Students make comprehensive use of information technology 、 Physics 、 Art and other multi-disciplinary knowledge , Realize the multi-dimensional development of interdisciplinary .

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 divergent 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 .

Teachers should guide students to consciously integrate subject knowledge , Connect the classroom with the scattered things in real life , Guide students to find problems independently , Let the students start from the existing knowledge level, interests and hobbies , Select feasible maker topics . for example : Students found that the load-bearing capacity of disposable shopping bags was poor when they accompanied their mother to the supermarket 、 Rein , Inconvenience to shoppers , Proposed to create a strong load-bearing capacity 、 Do not strangle your hands “ Carrying tools ” The topic of makers . In class , The teacher guides the students to draw a mind map “ Carrying tools ”, Student brainstorming , obtain “ Carrying tools ” Key features of ( Such as portable 、 bearing 、 Lightness, etc ), Then design and improve in groups , And list the deficiencies of the makers' works and the areas that need to be improved in the form of a project table 、 Improvement plan and remarks , List the problems one by one 、 Solutions and related instructions . At present, the development of domestic maker education courses and suites has also mushroomed , For example, Shanghai maker education , In the maker Education Suite and STEAM The development of education is very advanced .

Students have a heavy burden on their schoolwork , Has formed a self-contained thinking pattern . Innovation must have an open thinking mode , How to let students emancipate their minds and form the ability of maker thinking is the top priority . Teachers use mind mapping tools in the classroom to guide students to form divergent maker thinking , Determine the maker topic . in the course of time , Students have formed a multi angle 、 In many aspects 、 The habit of thinking about a problem at multiple levels , It's easier to find problems , Form a sense of innovation , I think this is the significance of maker education .

Although maker activities are the independent exploration of makers 、 Self discovery and self creation activities , But we also need to have a better understanding 、 Teachers who master the essence of maker education and have practical experience in developing maker activities , So as to enlighten the new makers 、 Guidance and help , In order to have higher efficiency and better effect ; In schools or regions that have just launched maker activities , There is a shortage of teachers with such qualifications . So , External experts shall be employed , So as to provide training on how to carry out maker education to the original teachers of the local or the school —— Help them know 、 Understand the significance and function of maker education and master the specific implementation methods of maker education .

in summary , Implement special courses for cultivating makers and carry out relevant maker activities . In order to make maker activities 、 Maker education reaches a higher goal , Achieve more ideal results , Relevant maker courses should be offered —— Courses to help teenagers become makers faster . If there is any condition , This kind of course should be based on the elementary level 、 intermediate 、 The advanced three stages are implemented step by step for teenagers of different ages . Gradually cultivate maker culture on the basis of maker activities and maker education . The maker culture should host the maker competition through relevant institutions or departments 、 Activities such as the exhibition of makers' works and the awarding of makers' educational scholarships are gradually formed , And we must persist for many years , So as to promote maker education and health 、 thorough 、 And sustainable development . After years of practice and promotion , These measures and experiences are mature , It can indeed achieve remarkable results in the cultivation of maker talents . The disadvantage is , In this way, only the maker talents who can use various technical means and methods to transform ideas into physical works , It is not advocated by innovative education 、 The pursuit of innovation 、 Innovative talents with innovative thinking and innovative ability . And to solve this major problem , Only by integrating maker education with the existing education system , That is to try to “ Make maker education an organic part of the whole innovation education system in China ” It's possible .