Pumping up the Jam - Facilitating participant collaboration and agency in creating code-based retro games

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About the writing of this thesis and thanks

Workshop resources and additional materials:
My thanks to Dave Potts, James Keating, Fortunate Muwonge, Sonya McMaster, and Adam Morrison for their contributions to the development of workshop resources and supporting materials.

EdLab students:
Thank you to the many EdLab students who contributed to the overall process and helped shape ideas through participation and feedback.

Community partners and networks:
Many thanks to the Todmorden Makery team for their ongoing support of this work, with particular thanks to Steve Summers and Alan O’Donohoe for their practical help and encouragement. Thanks also to the conveners of the Manchester Games Network for their early support and interest in the project.

With particular thanks to:
Eleanor Overland and Louise Hayes for providing opportunities to test materials with PGCE students, and for supporting recruitment into workshop delivery and further materials development. Thanks also to Mr Collinson and the students from Rolls Crescent for engaging with early versions of the course materials.

Support from the EdLab team and MMU colleagues:
I am grateful to Nicola Whitton, Mark Peace, Mark Sackville-Ford, James Duggan, Juliette Wilson-Thomas, Sarah McNicol, Ricardo Nemirovsky, Laura Trafi-Prats and Michaela Harrison for their encouragement, insight, and institutional support.

Drama education support:
Thanks to the Manchester Metropolitan University Faculty of Education Drama Department, in particular Rebecca Patterson and Alison Ramsey, for their support and collaboration during the development and testing of drama-based activities.

Final supervision team:
Particular thanks to Cathy Lewin and John Lean for their guidance, patience, and support throughout the final stages of this work.

Activist, campaigning, and musical communities:
My thanks also to the many individuals involved in activist, campaigning, and musical communities whose influence and support have shaped my thinking and practice over many years. In keeping with the underground spirit of that work, their names remain unlisted. You know who you are.

My family:
Thank you for your continued support and understanding. I owe all you one.

Home education families:
Finally, my sincere thanks to the home education families who took part in the study. Your persistence, generosity, and passion made this research possible.