1st Edition
Invention Pedagogy – The Finnish Approach to Maker Education
This collection, edited and written by the leading scholars and experts of innovation and maker education in Finland, introduces invention pedagogy, a research-based Finnish approach for teaching and learning through multidisciplinary, creative design and making processes in formal school settings.
The book outlines the background of, and need for, invention pedagogy, providing various perspectives for designing and orchestrating the invention process while discussing what can be learned and how learning happens through inventing. In addition, the book introduces the transformative, school-level innovator agency needed for developing whole schools as innovative communities. Featuring informative case study examples, the volume explores the theoretical, pedagogical, and methodological implications for the research and practice of invention pedagogy in order to further the field and bring new perspectives, providing a new vision for schools for decades to come.
Intermixing the results of cutting-edge research and best practice within STEAM-education and invention pedagogy, this book will be essential reading for researchers, students, and scholars of design and technology education, STEM education, teacher education, and learning sciences more broadly.
The Open Access version of this book, available at www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license.
List of Figures
List of Tables
Acknowledgements
Foreword -Paulo Blikstein
List of contributors
1. Introduction: Roots and Key Elements of Invention Pedagogy
Tiina Korhonen, Kaiju Kangas, and Laura Salo
PART I: LEARNING BY INVENTING
2. Learning by inventing: Theoretical Foundations
Kai Hakkarainen and Pirita Seitamaa-Hakkarainen
3. Epistemic Objects and Knowledge Creation in Invention Projects
Sini Davies
4. Collaboration and Co-regulation in Invention Projects
Pirita Seitamaa-Hakkarainen, Kati Sormunen, Sini Davies, Jenni Matilainen, and Kai Hakkarainen
5. Learning to Create: Creating to Learn
Noora Bosch, Jari Lavonen, and Kaiju Kangas
6. Materiality in Invention Pedagogy
Varpu Mehto and Kaiju Kangas
7. Toward Sustainable Lifestyle by Means of Invention
Anni Loukomies, Sanna Patrikainen, and Kalle Juuti
8. Framework for Technological Competence in Invention Projects
Tiina Korhonen, Kaiju Kangas, Sini Davies, Kati Sormunen, Laura Salo, and Markus Packalén
PART II: FACILITATING THE INVENTION PROCESS
9. Designing and Structuring the Invention Process
Kati Sormunen, Kaiju Kangas, Tiina Korhonen, and Pirita Seitamaa-Hakkarainen
10. Orchestrating Invention Activities through Teacher's Multilayered Work
Kati Sormunen and Marjut Viilo
11. Team Teaching in Invention Projects
Tellervo Härkki, Tiina Korhonen, and Sorella Karme
12. Fostering Invention Projects through Cross-Age Peer Tutoring
Sini Davies
13. Approaches to Student Evaluation in Invention Pedagogy
Auli Saarinen and Jari Lavonen
PART III: CO-DEVELOPING INVENTIVE SCHOOL CULTURE
14. Learning Environments for Invention Pedagogy
Leenu Juurola, Kaiju Kangas, Laura Salo, and Tiina Korhonen
15. Developing Teachers' Transformative Digital Agency through Invention Pedagogy In-service Training
Tiina Korhonen, Laura Salo, and Markus Packalén
16. Toward an Innovative School 2.0
Tiina Korhonen, Leenu Juurola, and Laura Salo
17. Conclusions: The Cornerstones and Future Directions of Invention Pedagogy
Kaiju Kangas, Tiina Korhonen, and Laura Salo
Index
Biography
Tiina Korhonen is Learning Innovations in Digital Society lecturer and Head of Innokas Network, Faculty of Educational Sciences, University of Helsinki, Finland.
Kaiju Kangas is Assistant Professor of Technology Education, Faculty of Educational Sciences, University of Helsinki, Finland.
Laura Salo works as a Project Manager at Innokas Network, Faculty of Educational Sciences, University of Helsinki, Finland.
