No Bones about It: How Digital Fabrication Changes Student Perceptions of Their Role in the Classroom

Autor/inn/en	Hansen, Alexandria K.; McBeath, Jasmine K.; Harlow, Danielle B.
Titel	No Bones about It: How Digital Fabrication Changes Student Perceptions of Their Role in the Classroom
Quelle	In: Journal of Pre-College Engineering Education Research, 9 (2019) 1, S.95-116, Artikel 6 (22 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2157-9288
DOI	10.7771/2157-9288.1155
Schlagwörter	Student Role; Student Attitudes; Attitude Change; Middle School Students; Creativity; Design; Engineering; STEM Education; Manufacturing; Printing; Human Body; Teacher Attitudes; Middle School Teachers; Learner Engagement; Required Courses; Private Schools; Technology Integration; California + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Schülerverhalten; Attitudinal change; Einstellungsänderung; Middle school; Middle schools; Student; Students; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Kreativität; Maschinenbau; STEM; Herstellung; Buchdruck; Drucken; Menschlicher Körper; Lehrerverhalten; Teacher; Teachers; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Pflichtkurs; Private school; Privatschule; Kalifornien
Abstract	This study used cultural historical activity theory to make meaning of a digital fabrication project situated in the complexity of a classroom. Using an ethnographic perspective, we observed 14 students (aged 13-14) in a middle school's creative design and engineering class inspired by the Maker Movement. Working with the classroom teacher, a professional stuntman tasked students with fabricating a prosthetic bone for use as a movie prop using their understanding of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. Teacher interviews and student focus groups revealed differences in perceptions between their science class and engineering class. Additionally, affordances and constraints of the 3D printer as the tool for construction are presented, as identified by student and teacher participants. Finally, two illustrative vignettes are presented to depict tensions that emerged due to facilitating this digital fabrication project within the traditional confines of a classroom. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01