Information Age – Chloe Green
“Over the last few years there has been a lot of interest in Maker Faires in the US and the Maker Movement, as well as its iteration in the UK…Making the Future is important for many reasons. Hands-on project-and design-based learning approaches are more consistent with the cognitive processes and learning styles we attribute to the millennial generation and younger. These approaches spark creativity, critical thinking and collaboration. They ‘pull’ kids into STEM disciplines by generating interest and confidence, rather than ‘pushing’ them to do better in maths and science…creativity and innovation coupled with STEM are essential to producing the products and services we will need in the future. For this reason we need to focus on both STEM and the arts – sometimes referred to as ‘STEAM.’ And moving beyond competitiveness, we believe that education, and particularly STEM education, is the fundamental sustainability issue of our time, since the solutions to poverty, global health issues and climate change will require a highly educated and STEM-literate population.”(more)