I read an article today for my paper for Assignment #4 that
talked about “HOMAGO” guidelines. I wasn’t
familiar with the term HOMAGO, so I decided to write a little blog about
it. The article states that HOMAGO
(Hanging Out, Messing Around, and Geeking Out) is a “learning theory based on
research devoted to uncovering how youth learn and interact in their
environments— in school, out of school, and in youth programming and spaces
offered in libraries and museums”.
HOMAGO highlights the idea that youth need opportunities to
feel comfortable before trying an activity, which can then lead them to
successfully learning a skill and then in the end actually making things. With teens, HOMAGO recognizes that activities
normally viewed by adults as nonproductive behavior, such as chatting with
friends and playing around on phones, actually contribute, and even sometimes are
a necessary part of the creative learning process. I thought it was a great theory. I know I’m not a teen by a long shot, but I
think the same theory applies to me!
Larson,
J. (2014). A Learning Lab Makes It in St. Paul. Young Adult Library Services,
12(2), 22-24
That's a really interesting theory! It definitely meshes well with the idea of the library being a place to go for more than just formal reasons. Which I like a lot. With libraries implementing makerspaces, hackerspaces, and fab labs that too I think would fall under your HOMAGO. It definitely would apply to me as well!
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