Research On Constructing The Ecosystem Of Maker Education In Schools:Perspective Of The Practitioners

With the continuous advancement of education informatization,the cultivation of innovative talents has become the educational appeal of the new era.Some studies have found that maker education can provide a new path for cultivating innovative talents.However,maker education has some problems in campus practice,and these problems will affect the development of maker education.Therefore,this research wants to take a holistic view of education ecology from the perspective of practitioners,and use qualitative and quantitative research methods to explore the model of campus maker education ecosystem,to promote the sustainable development of campus maker education.This study aims to address the following two research questions:(1)What are the elements of the campus maker education ecosystem?(2)What is the relationship between campus maker education ecosystem elements?The research process starts from the following aspects:First,through the literature research method,clarify the connotation of maker education and maker education ecosystem,and lay the foundation for subsequent research;Secondly,take Junjie Wu and Zuoru Xie as the research objects,and use the grounded theory to carry out three-level coding on their related literature,clarify the elements and relationships of the campus maker education ecosystem,and build a theoretical model of campus maker education ecosystem;Furthermore,according to the research hypothesis,aquestionnaire for primary and secondary school maker teachers was prepared,the questionnaire was distributed and the data was recovered;Finally,the SPSS software was used to analyze the questionnaire data to verify whether the hypothesis was established and modify the existing model to form the final model.The research results show that the campus maker education ecosystem consists of four parts: campus maker education subject,object,mediator and circle,including education maker,student maker,campus maker space,maker course,maker activity,maker projects,teaching models,related technologies,social maker,and maker culture,among other ten ecosystem components;the relationship between campus maker education ecosystem elements includes education makers and student makers.There are three kinds of relationships: the relationship between the teaching of the guest,the subject of the campus education,the practical relationship between the object and the mediator,and the synergistic relationship between the campus maker education and the maker culture.