Share Paper: Exploring Teachers’ Transitions to Maker-Educators

1. Janette Hughes, University of Ontario Institute of Technology, Canada
2. Laura Morrison, University of Ontario Institute of Technology, Canada
3. Laura Dobos, University of Ontario Institute of Technology, Canada

Abstract: In this paper, the authors share the trajectory of in-service teachers as they shift to becoming maker-educators. The teachers were part of a joint research initiative between a Canadian Ministry of Education, another public provincial agency and a research lab at a Canadian university. The aim of the research was to encourage teachers to examine their current classroom pedagogy (activities, assessment strategies, use of digital tools) in light of the 21st-century skills and competencies students will need in our digital, connected and innovation-focused world. Over the course of the first year (we are now into the second year of the ...