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H King, EAC Rushton - Non-formal and informal science learning in the …, 2020 - Springer

Applying the Lens of Science Capital to Understand Learner Engagement in Informal Maker Spaces.

Broadening participation informal stem education

King, Rushton

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Opportunities for young people to participate in making activities—either within school-based learning or within the growing number of makerspaces being established outside of formal education—have increased dramatically in recent years. Whilst some have advocated young people's participation in makerspaces as an opportunity to democratise access to STEM learning, it is also acknowledged that these spaces reproduce patterns of inequitable participation found in other science-related settings. An underpinning framework …

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