Affiliation:
1. Faculty of Education, Henan Normal University, Xinxiang 453007, China
2. Faculty of Artificial Intelligence in Education, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, China
Abstract
Learning through making enhances the learning experience and effectively develops learners’ creativity. In this regard, maker education has been extensively incorporated into school education as a vital learning environment. However, less is known about how making advances students’ creativity in maker education. Therefore, this study aimed to explore relationships among making, tinkering, and creating. A total of 372 middle school students enrolled in maker courses through the 2021–2022 school year were surveyed. They completed a questionnaire concerning learning engagement, individual creativity, collective creativity, and learning motivation. Structural equation modeling (SEM) was employed to test the hypotheses proposed in this study. The results revealed significant relationships among learning engagement, individual creativity, and collective creativity. Specifically, behavioral engagement positively predicted emotional and cognitive engagement. Moreover, both emotional and cognitive engagement positively related to collective creativity, while only the effect of cognitive engagement on individual creativity was observed. The direct effects of behavioral engagement on individual and collective creativity were not significant. Furthermore, emotional and cognitive engagement mediated the association between behavioral engagement and collective creativity, while only cognitive engagement played a mediating role between behavioral engagement and individual creativity. In addition, the moderating analysis showed that learning motivation moderated the association between behavioral engagement and emotional engagement in school-maker education. Some implications for integrating maker education into school education and cultivating students’ creativity were discussed.
Funder
National Natural Science Foundation of China
Humanities and Social Sciences Youth Foundation, Ministry of Education of the People’s Republic of China
National Collaborative Innovation Experimental Base Construction Project for Teacher Development of Central China Normal University
Special Project of Wuhan Knowledge Innovation
Subject
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law,Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment,Geography, Planning and Development,Building and Construction
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