Iceland (Makerspaces in the Early Years)

• Main Authors: Dr Sólveig Jakobsdóttir, Dr Margrét E. Ólafsdóttir, Þórdís Sævarsdóttir, Dr Svanborg R. Jónsdóttir, Kristín Dýrfjörð, Skúlína H. Kjartansdóttir, Dr Torfi Hjartarson, Anna Elisa Hreiðarsdóttir, Svava Pétursdóttir
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: Education; Early Childhood Education (excl. Maori); makerspaces; early childhood; Digital learning; creativity and innovation; Iceland
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.15131/shef.data.8378714; https://figshare.com/articles/dataset/Iceland/8378714

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.