Democratization and Making

The previous reading pointed to Dewey and Papert (among others) as providing the theoretical foundations of maker education. In this piece, Blikstein includes Freire’s concept of education as empowerment as a “pillar” of maker education theory.

Blikstein also introduces a very useful concept: the keychain syndrome. Keep an eye out for that.

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