| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 461 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Contents |
Creating a space for learning : curators, educators, and the implied audience / Karen Knutson -- Two docents in three museums : central and peripheral participation / Mary Abu-Shumays and Gaea Leinhardt -- Museums in family life : an ethnographic case study / Kirsten M. Ellenbogen -- Talking to oneself : diaries of museum visits / Gaea Leinhardt, Carol Tittle, and Karen Knutson -- Burning buses, burning crosses : student teachers see civil rights / Gaea Leinhardt and Sr. Madeleine Gregg -- Looking through the glass : reflections of identity in conversations at a history museum / Joyce Fienberg and Gaea Leinhardt -- Voices and images : making connections between identity and art / Catherine Stainton -- Looking for learning in visitor talk : a methodological exploration / Sue Allen -- Conversations across time : family learning in a living history museum / Ellen Rosenthal and Jane Blankman-Hetrick -- Building islands of expertise in everyday family activity / Kevin Crowley and Melanie Jacobs -- Negotiations of thematic conversations about biology / Doris Ash -- Finding self in objects : identity exploration in museums / Soctt G. Paris and Melissa J. Mercer -- Supporting science learning in museums / Leona Schauble [and others] |
| Summary |
What do people learn from visiting museums and how do they learn it? The editors approach this question by focusing on conversations as both the process and the outcome of museum learning. People do not come to museums to talk, but they often do talk. This talk can drift from discussions of managing the visit, to remembrances of family members and friends not present, to close analyses of particular objects or displays. This volume explores how these conversations reflect and change a visitor's identity, discipline-specific knowledge, and engagement with an informal learning environment that h |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Museums -- Environmental 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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TRAVEL -- Museums, Tours, Points of Interest.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Museum Administration & Museology.
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REFERENCE -- General.
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Museum exhibits -- Social aspects
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Museum techniques -- Study and teaching (Higher)
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Museums -- Environmental aspects
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Museums -- Study and teaching (Higher)
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Non-formal education
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| Form |
Electronic book
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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 |
1410606627 |
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9781410606624 |
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9780805840520 |
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0805840524 |
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9781135640385 |
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1135640386 |
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9781135640330 |
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1135640335 |
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9781135640378 |
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1135640378 |
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9781138866829 |
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1138866822 |
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1283102668 |
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9781283102667 |
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9786613102669 |
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6613102660 |
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