In this episode I unpack Brahms and Crowley’s (2016) publication titled “Making sense of making: Defining learning practices in MAKE magazine,” which is a content analysis that uses communities of practice as a framework for exploring maker practices evident within MAKE magazine.

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00:00 Intro

01:04 Abstract

02:07 My single sentence summary

02:20 Chapter introduction

03:55 Research questions

04:14 Results: Authors' gender

06:03 Seven maker practices relevant to CS educators

17:00 Practices did not occur in isolation

18:08 Practices are multidisciplinary

20:02 Lingering questions + thoughts

20:05 How might the seven core learning practices look in a CS classroom?

20:24 If someone were to analyze CS curricula or discourse in the field, what themes might emerge?

21:54 Outro