Educational makerspaces in Danish primary and lower-secondary schools
Michal Pilgaard, Ditte Amund Basballe, Lillian Buus, Rikke Toft Nørgård, Christian Christrup Kjeldsen, Simon Ryberg Madsen, Mikkel Hjorth · 2022
In recent years, an increasing interest in establishing and engaging with makerspaces in the context of formal educational settings in primary and lower-secondary schools in Denmark has grown. Initiatives to establish makerspaces as formal learning spaces in Denmark can be linked to international concepts and thoughts about FabLabs, Hackerspaces, and the Maker movement. A mapping of educational makerspace initiatives aiming for students in primary and lower-secondary schools in Denmark has been conducted as part of a larger evaluation of 17 educational makerspace establishments in Danish municipalities. This paper presents early findings from the evaluation. The overall aim of the evaluation is to gain knowledge about makerspace settings as learning environments and the potential and challenges such settings pose to pedagogical practice.