Results and Strategies of Maker Education in China's Basic Education

Abstract

Maker Education is a hot topic in education. The elementary and secondary schools of china are increasingly focusing on Maker education, from the government to primary and secondary schools and teachers, all actively exploring the maker education localized in China. This paper presents a Maker Education development path of China. China's Maker Education includes four periods, incubation period (before 2009), germination period (2009-2012), exploration period (2013-2014), development period (after 2015), Associating problems encountered in China's Maker Education, three viewpoints concerning developing specific and measurable Maker educational goals, playing an active role in guiding the policy and Strengthen the teachers' training and fostering are pointed out.