Passion under constructionism: An example of darunsikkhalai school of innovative learning
List of Authors
  • Puthyrom Tep , Surat Tanprasertkul

Keyword
  • Constructionism, Passion, Maker Movement, Maker Education, Children

Abstract
  • This article aims to make a conceptual overview pertaining to children’s passion under constructionism with a practical example of Darunsikkhalai School of Innovative Learning. Constructionism, or in simple terms maker education offers a substantial benefit toward children learning. Kids are filled with surging passion to build, play, create, make, imagine, and interact toward artifacts which results in building new knowledge. However, this assertion requires more literature support. The literature review was conducted. The results proposed that children’s passion and engagement were likely encouraged and developed under a constructionist context. In the future, data collection will be conducted in order to test the hypothesis and conceptual perspective in terms of whether passion is improved under constructionism.

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