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Learning Conversations in Museums.

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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Leinhardt, Gaea
Otros Autores: Crowley, Kevin, Knutson, Karen
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, 2012.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Acknowledgments; Contents; Preface; PART I: CONVERSATIONS: A YEAR OF LEARNING; Chapter 1: Creating a Space for Learning: Curators, Educators, and the Implied Audience; Chapter 2: Two Docents in Three Museums: Central and Peripheral Participation; Chapter 3: Museums in Family Life: An Ethnographic Case Study; Chapter 4: Talking to Oneself: Diaries of Museum Visits; PART II: CONVERSATIONS: AN AFTERNOON OF LEARNING; Chapter 5: Burning Buses, Burning Crosses: Student Teachers See Civil Rights.
  • Chapter 6: Looking Through the Glass: Reflections of Identity in Conversations at a History MuseumChapter 7: Voices and Images: Making Connections Between Identity and Art; Chapter 8: Looking for Learning in Visitor Talk: A Methodological Exploration; Chapter 9: Conversations Across Time: Family Learning in a Living History Museum; PART III: CONVERSATIONS: A MOMENT OF LEARNING; Chapter 10: Building Islands of Expertise in Everyday Family Activity; Chapter 11: Negotiations of Thematic Conversations About Biology; Chapter 12: Finding Self in Objects: Identity Exploration in Museums.
  • Chapter 13: Supporting Science Learning in MuseumsAuthor Index; Subject Index.