Attainment of 21st Century Skills through Tinkering Labs
Attainment of 21st Century Skills
Abstract
Renewed emphasis on STEM education, by way of use of technology and integration of STEM subjects with other disciplines, is an innovative approach to teaching-learning process. A curriculum that empowers students to develop entrepreneurship and innovation, materialising the same through Atal Innovation Mission (AIM), has been launched by the Federal Government of India. Atal Tinkering Labs are established in schools across India with the objective of cultivating ‘One Million Children in India as Neoteric Innovators’. Innovative start-ups play a pivotal role in the economic development of the country and this is made possible through AIM. These labs aim to enable students to develop new skills such as problem-solving, critical thinking and collaboration and its application in the real world. The objectives of the present study are to measure the 21st century skills developed by students through tinkering labs, to assesses the correlation between tinkering labs and the academic performance of tinkers, and to evaluates the role of teachers in facilitating innovation and entrepreneurship of tinkers. The samples for the study were taken from Secondary and Higher Secondary Schools of Dakshina Kannada district of Karnataka state. The findings reveal that the tinkers developed skills such as creativity, imagination, design mindset, computational thinking, adaptive learning, and physical computing. The outcomes also show the increased growth in the academic performance of the students and the positive influence of teachers in facilitating innovation and entrepreneurship among tinkers. In conclusion, the study finds that tinkering in schools has succeeded as an activity-based pedagogy for community of learners, driving innovations for society and fulfilling the goals of Education.
Key words: Tinkering Labs, culture of innovation, entrepreneurship, problem-solving, critical thinking and collaboration
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