Status : Verified
| Personal Name | Mariano, Randolf D. |
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| Resource Title | Let’s make: it happen! developing a makerspace program guide for community librarians, educators and the youth in the National library of the Philippines |
| Date Issued | May 2018 |
| Abstract | In the United States and some other developed countries, the maker movement has influenced many educators, librarians, and the youth, changing the way community actors learn in various formal and informal learning environments. Few ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) countries and developing countries have joined the hype, set-up their own makerspaces in classrooms, museums, and libraries, and created makerspace programs for their communities. However, in the Philippines, the maker culture is still in its infancy stage and there is a dearth of knowledge about the maker movement in libraries and information centers. With this, the researcher endeavors to address existing gaps in maker culture, maker movement knowledge and awareness, by urging a more uniformed approach to dissemination of making learning in public libraries in the Philippines. This qualitative study conducted over a 17-month period aims to identify and examine the learning goals, beliefs, disposition, learning identities, and levels of making learning experiences of the actors of the community in order to create and develop a makerspace program guide suitable for public and community libraries in the Philippines, particularly in the National Library of the Philippines. This study incorporates multiple research instruments including profile questionnaire, modes of learning framework assessment test, focus group discussions, and program module activities with compiled evaluation survey. Collected data were described and evaluated to answer the learning goals, aspirations, beliefs, disposition, learning identities, and levels of making learning experiences of the public/community librarians, educators, and the youth, for the purpose of creating and developing a makerspace program guide. Through audience analysis, the study reveals that community actors involved have different learning goals, aspirations, beliefs, and disposition based on their age, gender, generation, socio-cultural, |
| Degree Course | Master of Library and Information Science |
| Language | English |
| Keyword | Makerspace; Maker movement; Making learning |
| Material Type | Thesis/Dissertation |
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Access Permission : Open Access