Interpreting the maker education model in line with the mainstream of the new era

Review the development of domestic maker education , The first to enter this field of education is information technology teachers , Next is general technology 、 Teachers of science and a few art subjects in primary schools . For now , Primary and secondary schools should encourage the use of information technology 、 Teachers of general technology and comprehensive practical activities in primary and secondary schools are the core , Convergent Science 、 art 、 Teachers of mathematics and other disciplines and experts outside the school form a guidance team , Among them, the maker training program provides comprehensive guidance for the school's maker activities . Moreover, from the national level , The comprehensive practical activities of the school are still lack of courses , School based curriculum 、 Local courses have not found suitable and valuable content , Maker education can just make up for this embarrassing situation .

First of all, we should understand the goal and carrier of maker education . Speaking of the goal of maker education , A lot of people will ask “ Why should we do maker education ”. This is a somewhat paradoxical problem , Because for a real “ maker ” Come on , Do anything without purpose . Actually , The goal of maker education is through technical means , Let students know from their hearts , Understand and experience the happiness brought by innovation and sharing . Many domestic teachers have questions ：“ Is this a maker , Is that a maker ？” The creative name of this robot classroom , It is suggested to think before asking such questions , What are you taking this course for ？ If this course is simply teaching knowledge , That's not being a maker . Now, maker education enables students to learn... In the process of playing , I'm happy to create and share . This is achieved through a series of courses , This is the carrier of maker education . To share will be valuable , Instead of being alone .

Maker course is the goal of carrying out maker education activities 、 Content 、 The sum of methods and evaluations, as well as their processes and arrangements . The maker course is not a course , But a series of courses from low level to high level . Robot training industry entry-level courses can focus on Electronics 、 mechanical 、 material 、 Teaching of computer and other basic disciplines and training of operation skills ; Intermediate courses can focus on 3D modeling 、 manufacture 、 Circuit assembly 、 Electronic cutting 、 Advanced programming and other more complex skills training ; Advanced courses can carry out comprehensive innovation practice , Around a real project and problem , Let students create new solutions and new products in a team . In addition to setting up special maker courses , You can also set up maker topics in combination with the subject content , Integrate the concept of maker education into subject teaching .

Maker education courses can be divided into such parts ： build 、 Electronics 、 machine 、 Programming 、 Design 、 Exhibition . Among them , I attach great importance to the presentation . Creative electronics is in the middle of this line, in the middle , It just carries programming and machines , It is very suitable to carry out the course . as a result of , Easy entry 、 Robot education publicity is expanded and enriched 、 Easy to show 、 Students love . for instance , You made a Scratch, You made a presentation and you have to bring a computer , A simple building block you made is not interactive , Creative electronics combines these things , Make them rich . It is a course that all maker education will definitely open , This is creative Electronics .

Creative electronics has three classes . The first is static creative Electronics , For example, the code doorbell 、 Creative lie detector 、 Punch tachometer 、 Alternative electronic organ 、 Smart furniture . The second type is smart car , Remote control car 、 Obstacle avoidance car 、 Patrol car, etc , You can set up a robot innovation education course, and do all the cars in a semester . The third kind is DIY robot , Creative electronics and all kinds of structural parts become DIY robot . These are the three types of maker education courses that often appear at present .

In our courses , Consciously integrate into the content of maker courses , Use the Huiyu creative combination model , Will be able to create all kinds of electronic models at will , Learn more skills and knowledge in this process , Prepare for higher creative activities . Look at it from another Angle , In fact, there is a lack of teachers for makers , It just shows that the disadvantages of exam oriented education in the past have begun to appear . As long as local education management departments and school leaders realize that maker education is not elite education , It is a universal education for all students , Including the introduction of robot education . Maker space is not to pursue the so-called characteristic education , Instead, it fills the gap that traditional education ignores the cultivation of students' practical ability , The development momentum of maker education will be rapid . In particular, maker education is just from top to bottom 、 The development trend of combining bottom-up , Full of vitality , Instead of worrying and hesitating , Take out “ When ideas come true ” The executive power of , Give a boost to maker education .

At present, the promotion and attempt of maker education in China is still in an early stage , During teaching time 、 Teacher ability 、 There are many challenges in the quality of teaching materials ： There are too few actual teaching hours or participation in practice in maker education and maker teaching . Now , Students are generally interested , Strong willingness to make and be interested in creating . However, it is limited by the current class hours at all stages and the control of parents over students' time and energy after class , The teaching time for students to actually get maker education is limited .

in summary , The interdisciplinary application oriented nature of maker education puts forward higher requirements for teachers' ability , There is a certain gap in the teacher resources that meet the requirements in the market , This also puts forward new requirements and challenges for the implementation of the products and services of maker education enterprises in the on campus and off campus markets . The teaching content in line with teaching practice is lack . In particular, it can adapt to the curriculum content development of large class teaching , Maker education enterprises need to invest a lot of time in research and development and repeated teaching practice , Often the development cycle is more than one year . Previously, many maker education enterprises have brought the curriculum content into schools , And gradually withdraw from school , The profile reflects that the educational curriculum plan provided cannot meet the actual teaching requirements , The course itself has not been tested by actual teaching . For the current challenges , The policy level has actively guided , At the same time, we also need maker education institutions to promote and practice it together with parents and children . Let innovation become the mainstream of the times , Condense innovation .