美国中小学创客教育的现状、理念与挑战

The Trends，Concept and Challenge of Maker Education in the U.S K-12 School

With the development of maker movement， the maker education has become the driving force to push the change of school education concept and cultivate students' creative potentialities. The concept of maker education， which is based on practice， creation and participation， has inherited John Dewey’s core ideas such as learning by doing， education is life， school is society， it has spread by 3D print technology and internet， integrated with maker space and maker carnival to build a substantive practical learning space and virtual maker community. For the development of our country’s maker education，we need not only the necessary resource and institutional establishment but also the understanding of educators，parents and other stakeholders about maker culture. Finally， the flourishing ofmaker education depends on a group of teachers with“maker spirit”.