Early Childhood in the Making

About this Project

Agency by Design’s flexible framework for maker-centered learning, developed by the Origin Project team, has been applied across a variety of formal and informal settings to great effect. Nonetheless, there has been a perennial concern from early childhood educators about the applicability of this framework for young learners. At the same time, over the course of Agency by Design’s sustained work with early childhood educators, we have seen the power of the framework in various early childhood education contexts.

 

Since January 2018, researchers from Project Zero have been partnering with educators and administrators at the Victoria Educational Organisation’s kindergartens in Hong Kong to extend and expand upon the work of Agency by Design by engaging in a two-year pilot study entitled Agency by Design: Early Childhood in the Making. The goal of this collaborative inquiry has been to develop an early childhood-specific framework for maker-centered learning while also nurturing other generative cognitive dispositions and habits of mind at this critical stage of development.

 

The result of this exciting pilot study is the Maker-Centered Learning Playbook for Early Childhood Education. This playbook includes lessons learned from the study, pictures of practice featuring the teacher collaborators in Hong Kong, and a host of educator tools and resources. Through the work of the Agency by Design: Early Childhood in the Making project, we hope to extend the originalframework for maker-centered learning, and by doing so, expand the potential for early childhood maker-centered learning amongst young learners around the world

CTF Education Group

CTF Education Group (CTFEG) is a unique integrated education group based in Hong Kong with a network of K-12 schools, school services, education investments, and a charitable foundation that supports philanthropic education initiatives.
 
CTFEG strives to establish a synergized ecosystem that empowers and engages students, educators, parents, and partners with the ultimate goal of advancing the frontiers of teaching and learning.

 

Early Childhood in the Making partners with Victoria Educational Organisation (VEO), a leader in early childhood education in Hong Kong since its establishment in 1965. VEO has a strong, well-established presence throughout Hong Kong with eight nurseries and kindergartens located around the city. Setting itself apart from other preschools in Hong Kong, VEO provides an all-encompassing, rich multicultural learning environment that blends both Eastern and Western cultures. VEO also strives to keep its curriculum and teaching approach in line with educational research and also the changing needs of community. It is accredited by the International Baccalaureate (IB) Organization.

  • Funders

    CTF Education Group

    CTF Education Group (CTFEG) is a unique integrated education group based in Hong Kong with a network of K-12 schools, school services, education investments, and a charitable foundation that supports philanthropic education initiatives.
     
    CTFEG strives to establish a synergized ecosystem that empowers and engages students, educators, parents, and partners with the ultimate goal of advancing the frontiers of teaching and learning.

     

  • Collaborators + Networks

    Early Childhood in the Making partners with Victoria Educational Organisation (VEO), a leader in early childhood education in Hong Kong since its establishment in 1965. VEO has a strong, well-established presence throughout Hong Kong with eight nurseries and kindergartens located around the city. Setting itself apart from other preschools in Hong Kong, VEO provides an all-encompassing, rich multicultural learning environment that blends both Eastern and Western cultures. VEO also strives to keep its curriculum and teaching approach in line with educational research and also the changing needs of community. It is accredited by the International Baccalaureate (IB) Organization.