Using museums to popularise science and technology / edited by Sharyn Errington (editor), Susan M. Stocklmayer (assoc. editor), Brenton Honeyman (assoc. editor)
Preface / Stephen Matlin -- Foreword / Saroj Ghose -- The Malaysian National Science Centre and its Science Stories as a visitors' companion programme / Sharifah Barlian Aidid -- The Learning Experience in the Nature Exchange / Chantal Barriault -- Art and science? - NGA! / Susie Bioletti and Philippa Winn -- Making heritage relevant / Paul F. Donahue and Claude Faubert -- Wild ways of learning: zoo education in New South Wales / Karen Fifield -- Cultivating green awareness: specialist tracks and programmes for young children at the Australian National Botanic Gardens / Julie Foster -- Broadening science perspectives / Janelle Hatherly -- Caribbean Outreach - a special project / Althea Maund -- Living with the river: the Rideau River Biodiversity Project / Monty Reid -- Science on the move - exhibit design workshops / Allen Rooney -- Exhibitry: contributions to entertainment and learning / Geoff Snowdon --
Visiting a science centre or museum? Make it a REAL educational experience! / Léonie J. Rennie and Terry P. McClafferty -- The unique role of science centres in immersing students and teachers in real-world science and technology / Judith Arrowood and Hooley McLaughlin -- Responding to teacher needs: "Fossils", a hands-on education in New Zealand / Neville Gardner -- Investing in education for better public programmes / Brett Dunlop -- How can science centre and museum education programmes be improved? Teachers' responses to pre-visit and visit questionnaires / Robin Garnett -- The science centre as living laboratory / Paul McCrory and Melanie Quin -- Ingenious! Edutainment via interactive multimedia / Ian Allen and Brenton Honeyman -- Real vs virtual visits: issues for science centres / Brenton Honeyman -- Computer-based exhibits: a must-have or a liability? / Simon Yates and Sharyn Errington -- What do primary students gain from discussion about exhibits? / John K. Gilbert and Mary Priest -- A wider perspective on museum learning: principles for developing effective post-visit activities for enhancing students' learning / David Anderson and Keith B. Lucas -- Evaluating the design of interactive exhibits / Susan M. Stocklmayer and John K. Gilbert -- Appendix: science centres and science museums in the Commonwealth. /ñ♯F
Summary
Museums of all sorts and science centres offer excellent opportunities in popularising science and technology to achieve scientific and technological literacy. Science and technology educators and teachers will particularly find this book useful in determining how they could use those facilities effectively in making teaching science and technology enjoyable and contextual. The museum curators and science centres on the other hand will be able to use the book to assist teachers in their efforts to bring relevance and fun in the learning of these subjects
