The maker movement is a social movement with an artisan spirit. Promoting equity in the maker movement is fundamental to its success in democratizing access to STEAM and other tech-rich and art domains. Maker culture emphasizes learning-through-doing (active learning) in a social environment..
The Guitar Project is a STEAM curriculum course where the students build an electric guitar afford practical usage of mathematics, science, engineering, technology and artistic creativity.
Articles
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Making Learners: A Framework for Evaluating Making in STEM Education
Date: 2018
With the emphasis of the addition of creativity into the curriculum of STEM, the maker movement is poised to add new dimensions to STEM education.
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Technology-Supported Science Instruction Through Integrated STEM Guitar Building: The Case for STEM and Non-STEM Instructor Success
Date: 2017
The article examines a problem based learning curriculum centered around the building of a solid body guitar as a vehicle to engage students with integrated STEM Modular Learning Activities (MLAs).