This is a review of the book of that title by Sylvia Sylvia Libow & Gary Stager, which first appeared yesterday at Education Review.  As the author of the review I am cross-posting it here because I believe it may be of interest to many who will encounter it here.
This book doesn’t just advocate for tinkering or making because it is fun,
although that would be sufficient. The central thesis is that< i>children should engage in tinkering and making because they are powerful ways to learn. (p. 3)
Those words from the introduction lay out the premise  around which this interesting book is organized. The authors make clear that they are talking not merely about
regular classrooms as a place of learning, but also anyplace where learning may be taking place, for example clubs and summer camps, neighborhood hangouts and community centers. Similarly, for this book a teacher is any adult who works with young people in a learning capacity.
The authors lay out the book with the intent to
attempt a progression from the big ideas of the giants of education on whose shoulders