| Description |
xiii, 461 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Machine generated contents note: PART I: CONVERSATIONS: A YEAR OF LEARNING -- 1. Creating a Space for Learning: Curators, Educators, and the Implied Audience -- Karen Knutson -- 2. Two Docents in Three Museums: Central and Peripheral Participation -- Mary Abu-Shumays and Gaea Leinhardt -- 3. Museums in Family Life: An Ethnographic Case Study -- Kirsten M. Ellenbogen -- 4. Talking to Oneself: Diaries of Museum Visits -- Gaea Leinhardt, Carol Tittle, and Karen Knutson -- PART II: CONVERSATIONS: AN AFTERNOON -- OF LEARNING -- 5. Burning Buses, Burning Crosses: Student Teachers See Civil Rights -- Gaea Leinhardt and Sr. Madeleine Gregg, fcJ -- 6. Looking Through the Glass: Reflections of Identity in Conversations at a History Museum -- Joyce Fienberg and Gaea Leinhardt -- 7. Voices and Images: Making Connections Between Identity and Art -- Catherine Stainton -- 8. Looking for Learning in Visitor Talk: A Methodological Exploration -- Sue Allen -- 9. Conversations Across Time: Family Learning in a Living History Museum -- Ellen Rosenthal and Jane Blankman-Hetrick -- PART III: CONVERSATIONS: A MOMENT -- OF LEARNING -- 10. Building Islands of Expertise in Everyday Family Activity -- Kevin Crowley and Melanie Jacobs -- 11. Negotiations of Thematic Conversations About Biology -- Doris Ash -- 12. Finding Self in Objects: Identity Exploration in Museums -- Scott G. Paris and Melissa J. Mercer -- 13. Supporting Science Learning in Museums -- Leona Schauble, Mary Gleason, Rich Lehrer, Karol Bartlett, -- Anthony Petrosino, Annie Allen, Katie Clinton, Evelyn Ho, -- Melanie Jones, Young-Sun Lee, Jo-Anne Phillips, John -- Siegler, and John Street |
| Notes |
Contents: PART I: CONVERSATIONS: A YEAR OF LEARNING: 1. Creating a Space for Learning: Curators, Educators,and the Implied Audience / Karen Knutson --2. Two Docents in Three Museums: Central and Peripheral Participation / Mary Abu-Shumays and Gaea Leinhardt --3. Museums in Family Life: An Ethnographic Case Study / Kirsten M. Ellenbogen --4. Talking to Oneself: Diaries of Museum Visits / Gaea Leinhardt, Carol Tittle, and Karen Knutson. -- PART II: CONVERSATIONS: AN AFTERNOON OF LEARNING: --5 |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Museums -- Environmental aspects.
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Museums -- Educational aspects.
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Museum exhibits -- Social aspects.
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Museum visitors -- Education.
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Museum techniques -- Study and teaching (Higher)
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Museums -- Study and teaching (Higher)
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Non-formal education.
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| Genre/Form |
Aufsatzsammlung
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| Author |
Leinhardt, Gaea.
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Crowley, Kevin.
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Knutson, Karen.
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| LC no. |
2002024253 |
| ISBN |
0805840524 cloth alkaline paper |
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