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Learning conversations in museums / edited by Gaea Leinhardt, Kevin Crowley, Karen Knutson.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Museums--Educational aspects.
- Museums.
- Museum exhibits--Social aspects.
- Museum exhibits.
- Museum visitors--Education.
- Museum visitors.
- Museum techniques--Study and teaching (Higher).
- Museum techniques.
- Museums--Study and teaching (Higher).
- Non-formal education.
- Education.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 461 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Mahwah, N.J. : Lawrence Erlbaum, 2002.
- Contents:
- Part I Conversations: A Year of Learning 1
- 1. Creating a Space for Learning: Curators, Educators, and the Implied Audience / Karen Knutson 5
- 2. Two Docents in Three Museums: Central and Peripheral Participation / Mary Abu-Shumays, Gaea Leinhardt 45
- 3. Museums in Family Life: An Ethnographic Case Study / Kirsten M. Ellenbogen 81
- 4. Talking to Oneself: Diaries of Museum Visits / Gaea Leinhardt, Carol Tittle, Karen Knutson 103
- Part II Conversations: An Afternoon of Learning 135
- 5. Burning Buses, Burning Crosses: Student Teachers See Civil Rights / Gaea Leinhardt, Sr. Madeleine Gregg, fcJ 139
- 6. Looking Through the Glass: Reflections of Identity in Conversations at a History Museum / Joyce Fienberg, Gaea Leinhardt 167
- 7. Voices and Images: Making Connections Between Identity and Art / Catherine Stainton 213
- 8. Looking for Learning in Visitor Talk: A Methodological Exploration / Sue Allen 259
- 9. Conversations Across Time: Family Learning in a Living History Museum / Ellen Rosenthal, Jane Blankman-Hetrick 305
- Part III Conversations: A Moment of Learning 331
- 10. Building Islands of Expertise in Everyday Family Activity / Kevin Crowley, Melanie Jacobs 333
- 11. Negotiations of Thematic Conversations About Biology / Doris Ash 357
- 12. Finding Self in Objects: Identity Exploration in Museums / Scott G. Paris, Melissa J. Mercer 401
- 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, John Street 425.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 0805840524
- OCLC:
- 49559045
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