교사학습공동체를 통한 유아교육기관 메이커스페이스 실행 경험에 관한 연구

Abstract

Objectives The purpose of this study is to explore the implementing experience of makerspace in kindergarten through learning community for teachers.
 Methods For this, a teacher-learning community was formed for 8 kindergarten teachers in Jeollabuk-do who were interested in maker education and makerspace, and one university professor participated as a facilitator. A total of 16 teacher learning community meetings were held from January to August 2022. A qualitative analysis was conducted by collecting various data such as teacher learning community discussion and consultation data collected in the process, interview data with research participants, and research participant journals.
 Results The findings of this study are as follows: First, a change of teachers' perception occurred toward to maker education and makerspace concept. Second, teachers and young children made it together to reconstruct the classroom as a creative space, and they practiced as they had been taught by constructing a practical space through the integration of space. Third, sharing the implementing experience of makerspace through learning community led to teachers’ growth and change.
 Conclusions This study implies the possibility of teachers’ growth and change by practicing mutual cooperative learning through participating the learning community for teachers, and at the same time it provides basic data for the composition of creative play spaces through the experience of organizing and implementing of makerspace in kindergarten.