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There were four projects undertaken in Iceland. The first was an observation of makerspaces run by Innoent which involved children from mixed ages, from 5-10, but the focus for the observations was the children under eight. The second was a pre-school involving nine children aged 5 and 6, in which c...

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Main Authors: Dr Sólveig Jakobsdóttir, Dr Margrét E. Ólafsdóttir, Sævarsdóttir, Þórdís, Dr Svanborg R. Jónsdóttir, Dýrfjörð, Kristín, Kjartansdóttir, Skúlína H., Dr Torfi Hjartarson, Hreiðarsdóttir, Anna Elisa, Pétursdóttir, Svava
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Published: The University of Sheffield 2019
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Online Access:https://dx.doi.org/10.15131/shef.data.8378714.v1
https://figshare.shef.ac.uk/articles/Iceland/8378714/1
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Summary:There were four projects undertaken in Iceland. The first was an observation of makerspaces run by Innoent which involved children from mixed ages, from 5-10, but the focus for the observations was the children under eight. The second was a pre-school involving nine children aged 5 and 6, in which children’s coding activities were observed. The third case study took place in a school and involved observations of ten children aged 7 who were involved in a Minecraft club. The final project involved interviews with 8 teachers of 17 children aged 6-8, who developed makerspaces in their schools.Anonymised field notes and transcribed interviews are available in the repository. ...