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Learning, making and powerful ideas

Learning with e's

How it can be applied in education The theory of contructionism is experiencing something of a revival in recent years with the emergence of maker spaces , robotics, 3D printing and other tools that can promote the making of objects. Lave and Wenger Communities of Practice 26. Maslow Hierarchy of Human Needs 27.

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Stage by stage

Learning with e's

Another key theme to emerge from Piaget''s theory of stage development is the idea of ''readiness'', where children are expected be able to cope with incremental rises in complexity and abstraction as they mature. Lave and Wenger Communities of Practice 26. Maslow Hierarchy of Human Needs 27. Koffka Gestalt theory 21.