Developing Maker Education in Schools and Community spaces

Building 21st century skills for the next generation of makers and innovators.

A growing movement internationally. The Maker{Futures} programme enables you to support children's creativity, indipendence and critical thinking.

Children gain skills, knowledge and confidence to respond to real-world problems using both high and low-tech tools, materials and technologies.

Maker{School} is our research-informed professional development programme for KS1, KS2 and early years teachers and educators.

Our pop-up Mobile Makerspace brings maker activities to you.

Partnership and project ideas to support makerspaces in museums.

Resources and ideas for making and makerspaces in community settings.

Drop in sessions and regular clubs. Supporting libraries to get started with making.

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In the Sheffield City region?

Our pop-up mobile makerspace and experienced team can bring maker activities to your school, library or museum.

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A pedagogy built on experience

Maker{Spirit}

The Maker{Spirit} encompasses essential capcities that can be developed. We believe that given the right environment and opportunities, everyone can develop a way of being that helps them see the world as full of possibilities.

The Maker{Cycle}

The Maker{Cycle} encourages iteration, moving from a linear to cyclical approach. This helps to develop the Maker{Spirit} in areas like resilience and problem solving.

Find a problem or challenge and look carefully at it.
Think of ways to solve or respond to it
Make a model or create a response
Test it out
Look at ways to improve or develop

Dr Alison Buxton is a Senior Innovation Fellow specialising in Makerspace Education in the School of Education.

She has over 20 years of experience in developing and delivering STEAM and maker education through non-profit organisations, universities, schools and libraries. She has written several practical maker books and sits on international advisory boards for FIRST LEGO League and Vedanya international School, India.

Find out more about our Maker{Futures} team

Resources

We have worked alongside teachers to develop a range of FREE classroom resources, projects and activities. Explore our resources for Early years (age 3-5), KS1 and KS2. Get involved!

Explore Resources and Projects